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Refuse to move bowl containing dead fish from outside (3,4,5,2)

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I believe the answer is:

dig ones heels in

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'refuse to move' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'bowl containing dead fish from outside' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'dead' could be 'gone' (similar in meaning) and 'gone' is found within the answer.
'bowl' could be 'dish' (a bowl is a type of dish) and 'dish' is present in the remaining letters.
'fish' could be 'eels' (eel is a type of fish) and 'eels' is found within the answer.
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for dig ones heels in that I've seen before include "Refuse to be persuaded" , "Be stubborn" .)

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