English phrasal verb

give away

To give something for free or reveal a secret.

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They are giving away their individual power, and that is what you guys should be reclaiming now.
Rajesh HamalBE A WINNER
And Chris is, like, wondering, I mean, these guys were getting beaten a couple of times every over, and suddenly I'm giving away a couple of boundaries.
Sachin TendulkarBe the Best
But I do know this: when we lose faith in each other, when we stop believing that voting matters, that citizenship matters, that our collective voices matter, that how we treat each other no longer matters, then we give away our power to decide our own futures.
Barack ObamaDemocracy Needs You
But it's a movie that really makes you want to go out, and I don't wanna give away the ending because the ending is magical, but it's a film that at the end of it, you wanna go out and you want to embrace life and know that, you know, what you do with your life is something that is important, and that the journey is everything.
Tom Cruise and Ben StillerFootprint Ceremony