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Expecting Lima to fight (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duel

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'fight' is the definition.
(duel is a kind of fight)

'expecting lima' is the wordplay.
'expecting' becomes 'due' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lima' becomes 'L' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'due'+'l'='DUEL'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for duel that I've seen before include "Potentially fatal fight between two people" , "honourable affair" , "shoot-out?" , "Single combat" , "Fight between two persons" .)

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