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Take the girl back to have a meal (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dine

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'have a meal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'take the girl back' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'di' and 'di' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ne' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

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

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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