Paul set to make a surreptitious approach (5,2)

I believe the answer is:

steal up

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'a surreptitious approach' is the definition.
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'paul set to make' is the wordplay.
'to make' indicates an anagram.
'paul'+'set'='paulset'
'paulset' anagrammed gives 'STEAL UP'.

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