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Go for drinking session and almost score (3,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hit the bar

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'go for drinking session and almost' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'score' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'score' could be 'hit' (synonyms) and 'hit' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'thebar' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for hit the bar that I've seen before include "Narrowly miss scoring" , "go for a drink!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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