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Friend covers it up after I copy someone (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imitate

'copy someone' is the definition.
(to imitate someone is to copy them)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for imitate that I've seen before include "Copy, simulate" , "Copy someone" , "Parrot" , "Take as a model" , "Copy or mimic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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