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Atheist hated being abused? You've got it! (5,3,4)

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'you've got it' is the definition.
(phrase used to confirm understanding)

'atheist hated being abused?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'atheist' is 'atsthei' which is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'hated' is 'thdea' which is present in the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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