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Faint at the end of one's training course? (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pass out

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'faint' is the definition.
(I know that faint can be written as pass out)

'the end of one's training course?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'one's' could be 'as' (a thing is one thing) and 'as' is found in the answer.
'course?' could be 's' and 's' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'at' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pass out that I've seen before include "Swoon" , "Faint - finish military training" , "Graduate - faint" , "In the army, do so having proved ready" , "Become unconscious" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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