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Discuss buy-out without first European to secure end of deal (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

talk over

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'discuss' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'buy-out without first european to secure end of deal' is the wordplay.
'buy out' becomes 'take over' (synonyms).
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'first european' becomes 'e' (lst letter of 'european').
'to secure' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are secured inside).
'end of deal' becomes 'l' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'takeover' with 'e' taken out is 'takover'.
'takover' placed around 'l' is 'TALK OVER'.

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(Other definitions for talk over that I've seen before include "Discuss" , "Consider together - persuade" .)

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