Wife wearing eye make-up, ultimately used something that goes over face (5,6,4)

I believe the answer is:

sweep second hand

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'something that goes over face' is the definition.
(a sweep second hand goes over a clockface)

'wife wearing eye make-up ultimately used' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'wearing' is an insertion indicator.
'eye make-up ultimately' becomes 'seep' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'used' becomes 'secondhand' (synonyms).
'w' placed inside 'seep' is 'sweep'.
'sweep'+'secondhand'='SWEEP SECOND HAND'

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