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Live a short time with a girl (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bet

'a girl' is the definition.

'live a short time' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'a short time' becomes 't' (abbreviation for time).
'be'+'t'='BET'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bet that I've seen before include "Wager, speculate" , "'Stake, wager (3)'" , "Wager, back" , "Wager, or the sum waged" , "Speculation" .)

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