CHILD'S PLAY
Credit: GAMES Magazine
October, 1999
Francis Heaney

Think of a four-word phrase describing something slowpokes - or those at the back of a line - do. Then split the phrase in two by deleting the third word. The two remaining sections will be a verb phrase and a synonymous verb describing something that parents do to their children. What is the original phrase?

Answer:

BRINGING UP THE REAR

BRING UP  -  REAR