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Business Acquisition, Percent of Shareholder Cash Election on Stock Issuable

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Number of shares of stock issued as of the balance sheet date, including shares that had been issued and were previously outstanding but which are now held in the treasury.

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Number of shares issued which are neither cancelled nor held in the treasury.

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Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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Reverse Recapitalization - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2020	Nov. 20, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Nov. 21, 2019	Nov. 19, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percent of shareholder cash election on stock issuable		70.00%
Number of shares repurchased (in shares)		36,157
Sale of stock (in usd per share)	$ 10.50			$ 10.50
Common stock issued	$ 79.2
Repurchase price (in usd per share)		$ 177
Shares outstanding (in shares)		3,610,705
TPG Holdings
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Sale of stock (in usd per share)		$ 10.30
TPG Holdings \| Accel
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price (in usd per share)		$ 177
Warrants
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash election (in shares)			2,444,444
Warrants \| TPG Holdings
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares acquired (in shares)		4,888,889
Common Stock \| Class A-2 Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash election (in shares)			3,000,000
Common Stock \| TPG Holdings \| Class A-1 Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares acquired (in shares)		7,500,000
Common Stock \| TPG Holdings \| Class A-2 Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares acquired (in shares)		2,000,000
Common Stock \| Class A-1 Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares outstanding (in shares)						76,637,470
Shares issued (in shares)			93,379,508		76,637,470	76,637,470		58,491,281	58,459,396
Common Stock \| Class A-2 Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares outstanding (in shares)						4,999,999
Shares issued (in shares)						4,999,999	5,000,000
Warrants \| Class A-1 Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares outstanding (in shares)						22,333,308
Shares issued (in shares)						22,333,308
Investment Private Placement \| Class A-1 Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Sale of stock (in usd per share)		$ 10.22
Sale of common stock, shares issued (in shares)		4,696,675
Common stock issued		$ 48.0