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Postponing a mistake on the green? (7,2,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

putting it off

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'postponing a mistake on' is the definition.
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'green?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'green?' could be 'putting' (synonyms) and 'putting' is found within the answer.
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