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Very rebellious actress, single, going wild in bars (10)

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I believe the answer is:

ostracises

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'bars' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'very rebellious actress single going wild' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'extremely').
'rebellious' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'single' becomes 'i' (one).
'going wild' indicates an anagram.
'so' in reverse letter order is 'os'.
'actress'+'i'='actressi'
'actressi' with letters rearranged gives 'tracises'.
'os'+'tracises'='OSTRACISES'

'in' is the link.

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