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OK taking touch before heavy weight lifted (3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

not bad

'ok' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'touch before heavy weight lifted' is the wordplay.
'touch' becomes 'dab' (dab is a kind of touch).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'heavy weight' becomes 'ton' (a ton weighs a lot).
'lifted' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in down clue).
'dab'+'ton'='dabton'
'dabton' in reverse letter order is 'NOT BAD'.

'taking' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for not bad that I've seen before include "Acceptable" , "Quite good" , "Passable" , "Grudging praise" , "Negative sort of praise, fairly good" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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