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Reincarnate as a bird and just go! (4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beat it

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'just go' is the definition.
(phrase used to tell someone to go away)

'reincarnate as a bird' is the wordplay.
'reincarnate as' becomes 'bea' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a bird' becomes 'tit' (tit is a kind of bird).
'bea'+'tit'='BEAT IT'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for beat it that I've seen before include "Scram, take a powder" , "Make off hastily" , "Clear off!" , "try out drum kit?" , "make off furtively" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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