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Hospital people who are experienced get together affectionately (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

hold hands

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'are experienced get together affectionately' is the definition.
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'hospital people' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'people' becomes 'oldhands' (old hand is a kind of person).
'h'+'oldhands'='HOLD HANDS'

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(Other definitions for hold hands that I've seen before include "What partners do" , "in bridge with two hearts in play?" .)

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