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Art returning and poetry; go through! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

traverse

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'go through' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'art returning and poetry' is the wordplay.
'returning' is a reversal indicator.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'poetry' becomes 'verse' (synonyms).
'art' in reverse letter order is 'tra'.
'tra'+'verse'='TRAVERSE'

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(Other definitions for traverse that I've seen before include "Ski diagonally across (a slope)" , "In mountaineering, a steep slope to be crossed from side to side" , "Move across" , "Travel across or pass over" , "get across" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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