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Turn back and take drugs (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dog-ear

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'turn back' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'take drugs' is the wordplay.
'take' becomes 'do' (eg taking or doing drugs).
'drugs' becomes 'gear' (gear can informally mean illegal drugs).
'do'+'gear'='DOG-EAR'

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for dog-ear that I've seen before include "Hint of shabbiness" , "Turned-over page corner" , "Fold down a corner (of a page)" , "Fold on page's corner" , "Corner of a page turned down to mark your place" .)

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