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Put on a dance and really enjoyed it! (3,1,4)

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I believe the answer is:

had a ball

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'it' is the definition.
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'put on a dance and really enjoyed' is the wordplay.
'put on' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters go on or after others).
'dance' becomes 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'really enjoyed' becomes 'had' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'really' bit.).
'a' put next to 'ball' is 'aball'.
'aball' after 'had' is 'HAD A BALL'.

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(Other definitions for had a ball that I've seen before include "Enjoyed oneself enormously" , "raised the roof" , "were greatly entertained" .)

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