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Pull from the East! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tow

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'pull' is the definition.
(I know that tow is a type of draw)

'the east' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'east' becomes 'ow' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't'+'ow'='TOW'

'from' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tow that I've seen before include "Pull using cable" , "Pull away" , "form of flax" , "Prepared fibres" , "Pull along behind, say barge" .)

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