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Overcome, doctor gets personal (5)

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I believe the answer is:

drown

'overcome' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'doctor gets personal' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' ('Dr' can be a synonym of 'doctor').
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'personal' becomes 'own' ('own' can be similar in meaning to 'personal').
'dr'+'own'='DROWN'

(Other definitions for drown that I've seen before include "Sink" , "Die in sea" , "Die by inhaling liquid" , "Immerse (fatally?)" , "Go under" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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