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Take ages to get fit? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belong

'fit?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'take ages' is the wordplay.
'take' becomes 'be' (being is a kind of taking).
'ages' becomes 'long'.
'be'+'long'='BELONG'

'to get' is the link.

(Other definitions for belong that I've seen before include "Be the property of" , "Appertain" , "Be rightly assigned (to)" , "Pertain" , "accepted socially" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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