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Have everyone behind you (7)

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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 "Go in front" , "Come before (something)" , "Occur before" , "Come/go before" , "be in the van" .)

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