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Plead with a person to get lost (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

begone

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

'plead with a person' is the wordplay.
'plead with' becomes 'beg' (I've seen this in another clue).
'a person' becomes 'one'.
'beg'+'one'='BEGONE'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for begone that I've seen before include "Archaic word of dismissal" , "Archaic injunction to go away" , "Archaic command to go away, banish" , "shove off" , "get lost" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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