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Cold rush taking one's discipline (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chastise

'discipline' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'cold rush taking one's' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'rush' becomes 'haste' ('haste' can be a synonym of 'rush'**).
'taking' indicates putting letters inside.
'one's' becomes 'is' (roman numeral).
'haste' enclosing 'is' is 'hastise'.
'c'+'hastise'='CHASTISE'

(Other definitions for chastise that I've seen before include "Inflict physical corrective treatment" , "Whip perhaps" , "Teach Sis to scold" , "Punished severely" , "Berate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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