come into the public domain
- come into the public domain
to cease being a secret
It refers to embarrassing or scandalous information which politicians or public employees wish to conceal:
Naturally we are, all of us, in the Service concerned that advice one has given could be misunderstood if it were to come into the public domain. (Lynn and Jay, 1986)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms.
R. W. Holder.
2014.
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