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One gets ready for taking these steps to provide relief? (9,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sponsored walk

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'taking these steps to provide relief?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'one gets ready' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
'ready' could be 'on' (if a device is on it is ready for use) and 'on' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sponsored walk that I've seen before include "Money-raising slog" , "Charity fundraiser" .)

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