Espresso's lousy — take it back! (9)

I believe the answer is:

repossess

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'take it back' is the definition.
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'espresso's lousy' is the wordplay.
'lousy' indicates an anagram.
'espressos' is an anagram of 'REPOSSESS'.

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(Other definitions for repossess that I've seen before include "Retake ownership" , "Regain legal ownership" , "Claim back, for default of payment perhaps" , "Get back" , "Take back (due to non-payment)" .)

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