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Cheer near the ground (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hearten

'cheer' is the definition.
(I know that cheer can be written as hearten)

'near the ground' is the wordplay.
'ground' indicates anagramming the letters ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'near'+'the'='nearthe'
'nearthe' with letters rearranged gives 'HEARTEN'.

(Other definitions for hearten that I've seen before include "Inspire anew" , "Inspirit" , "given cheer" , "Make cheerful" , "Encourage in Teheran" .)

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