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Dream of fish getting swallowed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ideate

'dream' is the definition.

'fish getting swallowed' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'ide' (I've seen this before**).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'swallowed' becomes 'ate'.
'ide'+'ate'='IDEATE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for ideate that I've seen before include "Form a picture of" , "Form in the imagination" , "Imagine (psychology), aid tee (anag.)" , "Fancy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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