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Colleague gets over some work aversion (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allergy

'aversion' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'colleague gets over some work' is the wordplay.
'colleague' becomes 'ally' (ally can mean a colleague or associate).
'gets over' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go around or over others).
'some work' becomes 'erg' (an erg is a unit of work done).
'ally' enclosing 'erg' is 'ALLERGY'.

(Other definitions for allergy that I've seen before include "Hypersensitive reaction of the body to a foreign substance" , "Unfavourable reaction to pollen, certain foods etc" , "Antipathy (colloq.)" , "Pathological aversion" , "Strong aversion" .)

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