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It's not fashionable following everybody to the place of discharge (7)

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I believe the answer is:

outfall

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'discharge' is the definition.
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'it's not fashionable following everybody to the place' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'fashionable' could be 'u' and 'u' is located in the answer.
'following' could be 'f' (used when citing page numbers etc) and 'f' is present in the answer.
'everybody' could be 'all' (all people) and 'all' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for outfall that I've seen before include "Pipe's discharge" , "Spring, drain or other source of water" , "discharging point" , "Place where river or drain empties" , "Place where a drain or pipe empties" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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