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I don't believe you become celibate? (4,3,2)

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I believe the answer is:

come off it

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'i don't believe you' is the definition.
('come off it' is an expression of disbelief)

'become celibate?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'become' could be 'come' (synonyms) and 'come' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for come off it that I've seen before include "Don't make me laugh" , "stop behaving like that!" , "Don't talk rubbish" , "You're mad!" , "get down from there" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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