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Let everybody out, do we? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allowed

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'let everybody out do we?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'everybody out do we?' is the wordplay.
'everybody' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'out' indicates an anagram.
'do'+'we'='dowe'
'dowe' with letters rearranged gives 'owed'.
'all'+'owed'='ALLOWED'

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(Other definitions for allowed that I've seen before include "Given the chance" , "Acknowledged" , "Given permission" , "Permitted and granted" , "permissible" .)

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