Clean reinstall Lion without the OS disc

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Hi, I want to erase my hdd and reinstall Lion OS on it but I do not have the installation disc with me. Can you please suggest me the best method to do this ?
 

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14" MacBook Pro M1 Pro, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
Why do you need a disc?

Just boot the machine pressing and holding Command + R. Lion applies a hidden recovery partition and this contains the functional equivalent of a boot disc.
 

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