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Try to hit the ball out of sight! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

putt

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'ball out of sight' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'try to hit the' is the wordplay.
'try to hit' becomes 'put' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'put'+'t'='PUTT'

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(Other definitions for putt that I've seen before include "that's not needed if you chip in" , "Green stroke" , "Strike golf ball on green" , "Play ball on green" , "Golf stroke near hole" .)

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