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Put one's foot down? (4)

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'put one's foot down' is the definition.
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'put one's foot down' is the wordplay.
'put' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'foot' suggests the final letters (in a down clue, the bottom letter).
'down' becomes 'stp' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The last letter of 'one' is 'e'.
'e' placed into 'stp' is 'STEP'.

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(Other definitions for step that I've seen before include "Rung, dance movement" , "A pace for pets" , "Abrupt change; pace" , "Section of flight" , "Manner of walking" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday, The New York Times, The Guardian and the Evening Standard.
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