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March doesn't start over big personality being busy (2,3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on the go

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'being busy' is the definition.
('on the go' can be similar in meaning to 'busy')

'march doesn't start over big personality' is the wordplay.
'march' becomes 'Jo' (Jo March is a character in Little Women).
'doesn't start' means to remove the first letter.
'over big' becomes 'nth' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'personality' becomes 'ego' (I've seen this before).
'jo' with its initial letter taken off is 'o'.
'o'+'nth'+'ego'='ON THE GO'

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(Other definitions for on the go that I've seen before include "Active, always doing something" , "Always busy" , "Very busy, in constant motion" , "Busily active" , "Busy and active" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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