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Get out of position? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

depose

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'get' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'out of position?' is the wordplay.
'out of' becomes 'de' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'position?' becomes 'pose' ('pose' can be a synonym of 'position').
'de'+'pose'='DEPOSE'

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(Other definitions for depose that I've seen before include "Remove from power or testify in court" , "Throw out" , "Oust or unseat" , "Speedo (anag)" , "Oust in epodes" .)

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