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Forget to order vermouth (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omit

'forget' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'order vermouth' is the wordplay.
'order' becomes 'om' (order of merit).
'vermouth' becomes 'it' (short for 'Italian vermouth' as in 'gin and it').
'om'+'it'='OMIT'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for omit that I've seen before include "Take out" , "Fail to use" , "by-pass" , "Don't include" , "Exclude; veto" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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