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Left fool a bloomer, say (4)

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I believe the answer is:

loaf

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'a bloomer say' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with fundamental existence as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'left fool' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'fool' becomes 'oaf' (I've seen this before).
'l'+'oaf'='LOAF'

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(Other definitions for loaf that I've seen before include "Mass of bread" , "` `Half a .... is better than no bread' '" , "Lounge about" , "brains" , "See 2" .)

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