Small actor excited by order to fight (4,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
call to arms
'order to fight' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'small actor excited' is the wordplay.
'excited' indicates anagramming the letters.
'small'+'actor'='smallactor'
'smallactor' is an anagram of 'CALL TO ARMS'.
'by' is the link.
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