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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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'back' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'leader of militia prepare to fight again' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'prepare' could be 'arm' and 'arm' is found in the answer.
'again' could be 're' (prefix meaning 'again') and 're' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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