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Fling trews around (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strew

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'fling' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'trews around' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'trews' anagrammed gives 'STREW'.

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(Other definitions for strew that I've seen before include "Scatter loosely" , "Sprinkle" , "Scatter untidily" , "Scatter, spread around" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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