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Cause to give up one's occupation (5)

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I believe the answer is:

evict

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'cause' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't see how one could define the other.

'up one's occupation' is the wordplay.
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'one's' becomes 'ive' ('one has' can mean 'I have').
'occupation' becomes 'ct' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ive' back-to-front is 'evi'.
'evi'+'ct'='EVICT'

'to give' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for evict that I've seen before include "Civet (anag.)" , "Force to move out" , "Remove form house for non-payment" , "Expel from a dwelling" , "Throw out, expel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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