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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
Vocabulary

Go private

A: You think any of the four rookies have a shot of surviving?

B: Most people either die or go private after a year, regardless of how strong I thought they were.

Could it be that 'go private' stems from 'go back to private life'?

  

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anonymous Could it be that 'go private' stems from 'go back to private life'? There is not enough context to tell for sure, and you can't trust a writer who uses "a shot of" for "a shot at", but to judge by the use of "rookie", "go private" seems to mean "find employment in the private sector".

  • anonymous Could it be that 'go private' stems from 'go back to private life'?
  • There is not enough context to tell for sure, and you can't trust a writer who uses "a shot of" for "a shot at", but to judge by the use of "rookie", "go private" seems to mean "find employment in the private sector".
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anonymousCould it be that 'go private' stems from 'go back to private life'?

There is not enough context to tell for sure, and you can't trust a writer who uses "a shot of" for "a shot at", but to judge by the use of "rookie", "go private" seems to mean "find employment in the private sector".

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