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Have everybody behind you (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

precede

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'have' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for precede that I've seen before include "Come before (something)" , "Go before (someone)" , "Walk in front of" , "Go in front" , "go before the others" .)

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