Ease debate when pressed by pushy person (6,4)
I believe the answer is:
smooth over
'ease' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'debate when pressed by pushy person' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'debate' could be 'moot' (synonyms) and 'moot' is found in the answer.
'pushy person' could be 'shover' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'shover' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for smooth over that I've seen is " Make flat".)