show away
Verb
Meaning
show away (third-person singular simple present shows away, present participle showing away, simple past showed away, past participle shown away)
(now rare, archaic) To show off. [from 18th c.]
Examples
Machiavelli is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and "gives the whole show away.” The seducer and the politician, who live in the dialectic and have a feeling and instinct for it, try their best to keep it hidden.
Symbols have a trick of stealing the show away from the thing they stand for.