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Greeting boy in doorway with present (7)

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I believe the answer is:

exhibit

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'present' is the definition.
(I know that present can be written as exhibit)

'greeting boy in doorway' is the wordplay.
'greeting' becomes 'hi' (hi is a kind of greeting).
'boy' becomes 'b' (abbreviation used in schools).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'doorway' becomes 'exit' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hi'+'b'='hib'
'hib' going into 'exit' is 'EXHIBIT'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for exhibit that I've seen before include "Publicly display" , "Something on show" , "Object on formal public display" , "Show - piece of evidence in court" , "Put on show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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