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Run away from insect, say (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flee

'run away from' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'insect say' is the wordplay.
'insect' becomes 'flea' (flea is a kind of insect).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'flea' is a homophone of 'FLEE'.

(Other definitions for flee that I've seen before include "retreat" , "Maybe escape" , "rush" , "head for the hills" , "Run (from danger)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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