Crossword Genius

Forget to order the thing? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omit

'forget' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'order the thing?' is the wordplay.
'order' becomes 'om' (order of merit).
'the thing?' becomes 'it'.
'om'+'it'='OMIT'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for omit that I've seen before include "Leave out or fail to do" , "Drop" , "Don't include" , "Disregard" , "Fail to mention" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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