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Matron's shade brought out the rebel in us (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

blue rinse

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'matron's shade' is the definition.
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'out the rebel in us' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rebel'+'in'+'us'='rebelinus'
'rebelinus' with letters rearranged gives 'BLUE-RINSE'.

'brought' acts as a link.

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