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Leaders don't do so, you understand (6)

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follow

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'understand' is the definition.
(I know that follow is a more specific form of the action the understand)

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(Other definitions for follow that I've seen before include "Come next" , "Go along (a route)" , "Go behind" , "Grasp" , "Succeed; go after" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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