give of oneself

[give of oneself] {v. phr.}, {literary} To give your time and effort to help others.

* /You should give of yourself sometimes./

* /During World War II, Governor Baldwin gave of himself by sweeping the halls of a hospital every afternoon./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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