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Give up work again: get fed up with it (6)

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I believe the answer is:

retire

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'give up work' is the definition.
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'again get fed up with it' is the wordplay.
'again' becomes 're' (prefix meaning 'again').
'get fed up' becomes 'tire' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with it' says to put letters next to each other.
're'+'tire'='RETIRE'

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(Other definitions for retire that I've seen before include "Give up working and go to bed" , "Quit work, take pension" , "Pull back" , "call it a day" , "Get your head down" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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