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Hold forth with enough people there, no question (5)

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orate

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'hold forth' is the definition.
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'no question' is the wordplay.
'no' becomes 'o' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero').
'question' becomes 'rate' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o'+'rate'='ORATE'

'with enough people there' is the link.
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(Other definitions for orate that I've seen before include "Lecture" , "Make a pompous speech" , "make speeches" , "Speak formally" , "Make a flowery speech" .)

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