Practice trading blows (4)

I believe the answer is:

spar

(Other definitions for spar that I've seen before include "Yard" , "Box without punching hard" , "Practice boxing with wooden beam" , "Pole to support sails, rigging etc" , "Sticks" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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