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Wife spelt out way to reject potential date? (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

swipe left

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'way to reject potential date?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'wife spelt out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'wife'+'spelt'='wifespelt'
'wifespelt' anagrammed gives 'SWIPE LEFT'.

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