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Posh chap accepts a sovereign for going (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

taking off

'going' is the definition.
(taking off is a kind of going)

'posh chap accepts a sovereign' is the wordplay.
'posh chap' becomes 'toff' (I've seen this before).
'accepts' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sovereign' becomes 'king' (king is a kind of sovereign).
'a'+'king'='aking'
'toff' going around 'aking' is 'TAKING OFF'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for taking off that I've seen before include "Removing (clothes)" , "leaving the ground" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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