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Eat lard and rabbit! (4,3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

chew the fat

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'rabbit' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'eat lard' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'lard' could be 'fat' (lard is a type of fat) and 'fat' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for chew the fat that I've seen before include "Chat leisurely; the few chat (anagram)" , "as Mrs Sprat was wont to?" , "Talk socially" , "Shoot the breeze?" , "Mrs Sprat liked to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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