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Time out hurt socialist given lesson (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tutored

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'given lesson' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'time out hurt socialist' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'hurt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'socialist' becomes 'red' (socialism is often associated with the colour red).
'out' anagrammed gives 'uto'.
't'+'uto'+'red'='TUTORED'

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(Other definitions for tutored that I've seen before include "Taught small groups" , "Gave private lessons to" , "Was coach" , "Privately taught" , "Disciplined" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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