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Forbidding language in retweet about us (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

ruling out

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'forbidding' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are present participle verbs, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'language in retweet about us' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'language' could be 'lingo' (informal term for language) and 'lingo' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ruling out that I've seen before include "Making impossible" , "Dismissing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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