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Back leader of militia — prepare to fight again (2-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

re-arm

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'prepare to fight again' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'back leader of militia' is the wordplay.
'back' becomes 'rear' (something's rear is its back).
'leader of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'militia' is 'm'.
'rear'+'m'='RE-ARM'

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