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Escape or pull back, having a broken toe (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

get out

'escape' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pull back having a broken toe' is the wordplay.
'pull' becomes 'tug' (to tug something is to pull it).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'having' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a broken' indicates an anagram.
'tug' back-to-front is 'gut'.
'toe' with letters rearranged gives 'eto'.
'gut' enclosing 'eto' is 'GET-OUT'.

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for get out that I've seen before include "Clear off! - escape" , "become known" , "Excuse" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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