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Slice of meat, twice as quick (4-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chop-chop

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'quick' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'slice of meat twice' is the wordplay.
'slice of meat' becomes 'chop' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'twice' says to double the letters.
'chop' duplicated is 'CHOP-CHOP'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for chop-chop that I've seen before include "Quickly!" , "Hurry up!" , "Get a move on!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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