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Fire endlessly to drive away (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shoo

'drive away' is the definition.
(shooing is a kind of driving away)

'fire endlessly' is the wordplay.
'fire' becomes 'shoot' (shooting is a kind of firing).
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'shoot' with its final letter taken off is 'SHOO'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for shoo that I've seen before include "Exclamation used to chase away animals" , "Scat!" , "Buzz off!" , "Drive away" , "word of dismissal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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