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Strips, being about to get some rest (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sleep

'some rest' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'strips being about' is the wordplay.
'strips' becomes 'peels' (peeling is a kind of stripping).
'being about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'peels' backwards is 'SLEEP'.

'to get' is the link.

(Other definitions for sleep that I've seen before include "Slumber" , "Be dormant" , "Wayne _; former Royal Ballet principal dancer" , "Snooze" , "crash" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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