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Break from prisoner's release (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

time out

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'break' is the definition.
(time out is a kind of break)

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(Other definitions for time out that I've seen before include "Break" , "Give up waiting" , "taken in sabbatical" , "magazine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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