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Disconnect by someone taking turns (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unscrew

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'disconnect' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'someone taking turns' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'someone' could be 'screw' (screw is a kind of someone) and 'screw' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'un' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'by' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for unscrew that I've seen before include "Take off (eg, a lid)" , "Take the top off" , "Twist off (a lid or cap)" , "slack off" , "Loosen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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