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Reject taking it back for invalid (4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

shut in

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'invalid' is the definition.
(I know that invalid can be written as shut-in)

'reject taking it back' is the wordplay.
'reject' becomes 'shun' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'it' written backwards gives 'ti'.
'shun' enclosing 'ti' is 'SHUT-IN'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for shut in that I've seen is " Enclosed".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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