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Revealing intentions by going gloveless? (7,4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

showing ones hand

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'gloveless?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'revealing intentions by going' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'revealing' could be 'showing' ('show' can be a synonym of 'reveal') and 'showing' is located in the answer.
'going' could be 'on' (both can mean functioning or activated) and 'on' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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