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Bash gate as one way to get out (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

hit wicket

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'one way to get out' is the definition.
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'bash gate' is the wordplay.
'bash' becomes 'hit' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gate' becomes 'wicket' (wicket gate is a kind of gate).
'hit'+'wicket'='HIT WICKET'

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(Other definitions for hit wicket that I've seen before include "thus dismissed" , "getting out" , "Means to get out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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