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Pack it in jars to be sent back (4)

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I believe the answer is:

stop

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'pack' is the definition.
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'it in jars to be sent back' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'jars' becomes 'pos' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to be sent back' says the letters should be written backwards.
't' going into 'pos' is 'pots'.
'pots' reversed gives 'STOP'.

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(Other definitions for stop that I've seen before include "Red light signal" , "Come to a halt" , "Halt; finish" , "Intercept" , "Come to an end" .)

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