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Having reached home, was given "not out" (3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

got in

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'having reached home' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'given not out' is the wordplay.
'given' becomes 'got' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'not out' becomes 'in' ('in' is the opposite to 'out').
'got'+'in'='GOT IN'

'was' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for got in that I've seen is " Entered".)

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