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Be successful with peg leg initially (2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

do well

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'be successful' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'with peg leg initially' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'peg' becomes 'dowel' (a dowel is a wooden peg).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'leg' is 'l'.
'dowel'+'l' is 'DO WELL'.

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(Other definitions for do well that I've seen before include "boom" , "Flourish" .)

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