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Follow round woman going into tip (3,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toe the line

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'follow' is the definition.
(I know that toe the line is a more specific form of the action follow)

'round woman going into tip' is the wordplay.
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'woman going' becomes 'ethel' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tip' becomes 'tine' (a tine is a metal tip).
'o'+'ethel'='oethel'
'oethel' put inside 'tine' is 'TOE THE LINE'.

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(Other definitions for toe the line that I've seen before include "Conform to expected requirements" , "Comply with authority" , "when the heat is on?" , "Follow orders" , "Conform to expectations" .)

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