go public

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   to tell people about sth that is a secret

   We can't go public without evidence!

2. Oxford20% of films

   to start selling shares on the stock exchange

In the movies · 10

• We can't go public without evidence!My Fellow Americans1996
• Yeah well the problem is you two have gone public now soTwilight2008
• it goes public.The Suicide Squad2021
• We gotta go public with this.The Aviator2004
• We'll go public.My Fellow Americans1996
• I told you not to go public.Air2023
• I wish Batman could go public, but the police...Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 22013
• Has he decided to go public?The Insider1999

Learn it in full scenes

• My Fellow Americans1996
  • Golf Talk Turns Awkward
  • The Missing Appointment Log
  • Tanner Summons the Presidents

From the same entry

• in the public eye
• be common knowledge
• in public
• wash your dirty linen in public