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Fail to stand out in civil disobedience (3-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sit-in

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'civil disobedience' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'fail to stand out in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sit' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for sit-in that I've seen before include "Seated protest" , "Passive occupation of a premises" , "Form of civil disobedience" , "Factory protest" , "Occupation demo" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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