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Go and act the fool (4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beat it

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'go' is the definition.
(phrase used to tell someone to go away)

'act the fool' is the wordplay.
'act' becomes 'bea' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the fool' becomes 'tit' (I've seen this in other clues).
'bea'+'tit'='BEAT IT'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for beat it that I've seen before include "fly away" , "Sling your hook!" , "Scram, get lost" , "Clear off!" , "Make off hastily" .)

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