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Told Pip to give up (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cede

'give up' is the definition.
(I know that give up can be written as cede)

'told pip' is the wordplay.
'told' shows a homophone (sound like).
'pip' becomes 'seed' (I've seen this before).
'seed' is a homophone of 'CEDE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for cede that I've seen before include "Give up (territory)" , "Give away" , "Allow" , "Yield formally" , "Transfer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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