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Put your foot in the WPB (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

step

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'put' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'your foot in the wpb' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sep' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for step that I've seen before include "Stair" , "Second half of quick 20?" , "Put foot on a pest" , "Place foot on as with a pest" , "Section of flight" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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