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Bring down our hens for treatment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unhorse

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

'our hens for treatment' is the wordplay.
'for treatment' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'our'+'hens'='ourhens'
'ourhens' anagrammed gives 'UNHORSE'.

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(Other definitions for unhorse that I've seen before include "Unship rider" , "Throw" , "Overthrow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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