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Time out: poor socialist given lesson (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tutored

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'given lesson' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'time out poor socialist' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'poor' is an anagram indicator.
'socialist' becomes 'red' (socialism is often associated with the colour red).
'out' is an anagram of 'uto'.
't'+'uto'+'red'='TUTORED'

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

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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