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Get rid of players on strike (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cast out

'get rid of' is the definition.
(casting out is a kind of getting rid of)

'players on strike' is the wordplay.
'players' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'on strike' becomes 'out' (I've seen this before).
'cast'+'out'='CAST OUT'

(Other definitions for cast out that I've seen before include "Rejected from a group" , "Expelled" , "Expel" .)

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