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Bit feverish, getting into bed to relax (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sit back

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'relax' is the definition.
(sitting back is a kind of relaxing)

'bit feverish getting into bed' is the wordplay.
'bit' becomes 'i' (resembles t, a binary digit or bit).
'feverish getting' becomes 'tb' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'bed' becomes 'sack' (e.g. 'in the sack').
'i'+'tb'='itb'
'itb' inserted into 'sack' is 'SIT BACK'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for sit back that I've seen is " Choose not to become involved".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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