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Kiss repeatedly, being equal (4,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

neck and neck

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'equal' is the definition.
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'kiss repeatedly' is the wordplay.
'kiss repeatedly' can mean three substitutions for 'kiss'.
'kiss' becomes 'neck' (neck can informally mean to kiss).
'kiss' becomes 'and' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'kiss' becomes 'neck' (neck can informally mean to kiss).
'neck'+'and'+'neck'='NECK-AND-NECK'

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for neck and neck that I've seen before include "Absolutely level (in race)" , "New lovers frequently do it" , "keep on canoodling" , "Bill and coo" , "What might lovers do repeatedly" .)

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