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Dance in which you stick your foot out? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foxtrot

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'dance' is the definition.
(foxtrotting is a kind of dancing)

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(Other definitions for foxtrot that I've seen before include "Lively ballroom dance" , "Ballroom dance in quadruple time" .)

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