From the pole, SOS oddly non-U wish for good outcome (4,4,2)

I believe the answer is:

lets hope so

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'oddly non-u wish for good outcome' is the definition.
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'from the pole sos' is the wordplay.
'from' is an anagram indicator (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'the'+'pole'+'sos'='thepolesos'
'thepolesos' is an anagram of 'LETS HOPE SO'.

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