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Drop round, in pursuit of meadow plant, for dinner? (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leave go

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'drop' is the definition.
(leave go can mean to let go of or drop)

'round in pursuit of meadow plant for dinner?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'round' could be 'o' (o is a circular letter) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'meadow' could be 'lea' (a lea is a grassy area) and 'lea' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'veg' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for leave go that I've seen before include "give up!" , "Remove one's hold" , "surrender" , "Remove one's grip" , "Release" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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