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Time to come up for discharge (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emit

'for discharge' is the definition.
(emitting is a kind of discharging)

'time to come up' is the wordplay.
'to come up' is a reversal indicator.
'time' written backwards gives 'EMIT'.

(Other definitions for emit that I've seen before include "Give off or discharge" , "Give out (eg light)" , "Give off, gas say" , "Give out or pour forth" , "Issue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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