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Take away sense over hospital? Part of it goes into reverse (8)

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I believe the answer is:

withdraw

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'reverse' is the definition.
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'take away sense over hospital? part of it' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'take' could be 'draw' (drawing is a kind of taking) and 'draw' is present in the answer.
'sense' could be 'wit' (I have seen 'Good sense' mean 'wit' so perhaps 'sense' could also mean 'wit') and 'wit' is located in the answer.
'hospital?' could be 'h' (abbreviation for hospital) and 'h' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'goes into' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for withdraw that I've seen before include "Drop out" , "Recoil" , "Leave" , "Bow out, retreat" , "Extract" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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