Get out of doing work (4)

I believe the answer is:

earn

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'get' is the definition.
(I know that earn is a more specific form of the action get)

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(Other definitions for earn that I've seen before include "Get (money) for work or labour" , "Merit (a reward)" , "Take home" , "make bread?" , "and 3: Work for bed and board" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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