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Do shake fist about cause of failure (4,2,5)

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I believe the answer is:

kiss of death

'cause of failure' is the definition.

'do shake fist about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'do'+'shake'+'fist'='doshakefist'
'doshakefist' with letters rearranged gives 'KISS OF DEATH'.

(Other definitions for kiss of death that I've seen before include "Something with disastrous consequences" , "Say or do something for the best which then backfires" , "Something destined to cause disaster" , "Act that has fatal or disastrous consequences" , "Something causing failure (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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