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Foolishly threaten cop? You might find yourself here (2,3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on the carpet

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'you might find yourself here' is the definition.
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'foolishly threaten cop?' is the wordplay.
'foolishly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'threaten'+'cop'='threatencop'
'threatencop' anagrammed gives 'ON THE CARPET'.

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(Another definition for on the carpet that I've seen is " Severely reprimanded by someone in authority".)

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