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Take courses perhaps in English following row (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dine

'take courses perhaps' is the definition.
(as in courses of a meal)

'english following row' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'row' becomes 'din' (both can mean a loud disturbance).
'e' after 'din' is 'DINE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for dine that I've seen before include "Take dinner" , "Eat main meal" , "Eat dinner" , "Eat with Enid?" , "Feed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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