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Put out of action on account of dreadfully bad lies (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disable

'put out of action' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dreadfully bad lies' is the wordplay.
'dreadfully' indicates anagramming the letters.
'bad'+'lies'='badlies'
'badlies' is an anagram of 'DISABLE'.

'on account of' is the link.

(Other definitions for disable that I've seen before include "Weaken" , "Deactivate" , "Put out of action" , "Incapacitate" , "For hamstring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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