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Do one small cocaine hit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scram

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'do' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'one small cocaine hit' is the wordplay.
'one small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'cocaine' becomes 'C' (drugs abbreviation).
'hit' becomes 'ram' (ram can mean to hit something).
's'+'c'+'ram'='SCRAM'

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(Other definitions for scram that I've seen before include "Buzz off!" , "Shoo!" , "Clear off!" , "Beat it, get lost, go away" , "make emergency shut-down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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