He crossed the line by making details of their very private conversation public

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Hi,
Could I reckon preposition “in” is omitted between conversation and public like this?

He crossed the line by making details of their very private conversation (in) public.

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To make something public means to publicize it. I think you are confusing the phrase with ‘to do something in public’.

Please let me know if this makes sense.

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Ah Wow thank you for your good command of English.
Yeap now I can see the structure.

by Ving + make something/somebody Adjective.
He crossed the line by making details of their very private conversation public.

make - Verb
details of their very private conversation - something
public - Adjective.

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