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Cut some meat quickly! (4-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chop-chop

'quickly' is the definition.
('chop-chop' can be a synonym of 'quickly')

'cut some meat' is the subsidiary indication.
'cut' becomes 'chop' (chop is a kind of cut**).
'some meat' becomes 'chop' (chop is a kind of meat).
'chop'+'chop'='chopchop'

(Other definitions for chop-chop that I've seen before include "Quickly!" , "Get a move on!" , "Hurry up!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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