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Teenager goes off to evolve (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

generate

'evolve' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'teenager goes off' is the wordplay.
'goes off' is an anagram indicator.
'teenager' is an anagram of 'GENERATE'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for generate that I've seen before include "evolve" , "Create for teenager" , "Produce, electricity say" , "Beget" , "Give rise to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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