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When taking bath, you so encounter trouble! (3,4,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

get into hot water

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'when taking bath you' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'encounter trouble' is the wordplay.
'encounter' becomes 'getinto' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'trouble' becomes 'hot water' (to get in hot water is to get in trouble).
'getinto'+'hotwater'='GET INTO HOT WATER'

'so' is the link.

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(Other definitions for get into hot water that I've seen before include "as you do, in a jacuzzi" , "Find trouble" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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