Protest before leader of bishops put out of action? (5)
I believe the answer is:
demob
'out of action?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'protest before leader of bishops' is the wordplay.
'protest' becomes 'demo' (I've seen this before).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'leader of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'bishops' is 'b'.
'demo'+'b'='DEMOB'
'put' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for demob that I've seen before include "Discharge from forces" , "Release from armed forces" , "Discharge from military service" , "Leave the army" , "Release from army" .)