Look to flick it off the legs (6)

I believe the answer is:

glance

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'look' is the definition.
(I know that glance is a kind of look)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for glance that I've seen before include "Glimpse" , "Stroke - gander" , "black shiny stuff" , "Butcher" , "Batsman's stroke" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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