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Moving without control, starting to stretch then pulling leg (8)

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I believe the answer is:

skidding

'moving without control' is the definition.

'starting to stretch then pulling leg' is the wordplay.
'starting to' suggests taking the first letters.
'then' says to put letters next to each other.
'pulling leg' becomes 'kidding' (pulling someone's leg is teasing or kidding them).
The first letter of 'stretch' is 's'.
's'+'kidding'='SKIDDING'

(Another definition for skidding that I've seen is " out of control".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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