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Be afraid to pack the globe in it and don't (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forbear

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'don't' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'be afraid to pack the globe in it' is the wordplay.
'be afraid' becomes 'fear' (I've seen this before).
'to pack the globe' becomes 'orb' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in it' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fear' enclosing 'orb' is 'FORBEAR'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for forbear that I've seen before include "Hold back" , "Abstain" , "Be patient" , "Refrain from doing something" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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