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Bully someone doing sit-ups (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abuser

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'bully' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'someone doing sit-ups' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'someone' could be 'user' (user is a kind of someone) and 'user' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ab' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for abuser that I've seen before include "Person who over-indulges in, say, drugs or drink" , "He takes undue advantage" , "one who uses bad language" , "One mistreating another" , "One who reviles or a misuser of drugs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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