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Prepare for takeoff (4)

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'prepare' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'take-off?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'take' could be 'do' (eg taking or doing drugs) and 'do' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'un' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for undo that I've seen before include "Ruin prospects of; cancel" , "Subvert" , "Cancel - destroy" , "Ruin or loose" , "Untie or ruin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, the Universal, the Newsday and The Globe and Mail.
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