Will he thrust past? (5)

I believe the answer is:

digby

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'will he' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'thrust past?' is the wordplay.
'thrust' becomes 'dig' (digging is a kind of thrusting).
'past?' becomes 'by' (as in years gone by).
'dig'+'by'='DIGBY'

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