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Rebuilt hip bistro must ignore small bar (8)

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I believe the answer is:

prohibit

'bar' is the definition.
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'rebuilt hip bistro must ignore small' is the wordplay.
'rebuilt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'must ignore' is a deletion indicator.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'hip'+'bistro'='hipbistro'
'hipbistro' with 's' removed is 'hipbitro'.
'hipbitro' with letters rearranged gives 'PROHIBIT'.

(Other definitions for prohibit that I've seen before include "Forbid, ban" , "Proscribe, forbid" , "Disallow" , "Ban; prevent" , "Stop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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