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Go ahead and give in to your dog's desire for a walk? (4,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

take the lead

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'walk?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'go ahead and give in to your dog's desire for a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'go' could be 'lead' (leading is a kind of going) and 'lead' is found in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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