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I'm about to run? That must be an error (8)

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I believe the answer is:

misprint

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'error' is the definition.
(I know that misprint is a type of error)

'i'm about to run?' is the wordplay.
'about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'to run?' becomes 'sprint' (sprinting is a kind of running).
'im' back-to-front is 'mi'.
'mi'+'sprint'='MISPRINT'

'that must be an' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for misprint that I've seen before include "Type of slip" , "could make sinners of the winners!" , "Possibly the wrong character" , "Typical accident" , "Literal interpretation" .)

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