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Improving the chook batter could threaten the status quo (4,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

rock the boat

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'threaten the status quo' is the definition.
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'improving the chook batter' is the wordplay.
'improving' is an anagram indicator (letters must be sorted out or rectified).
'chook'+'batter'='chookbatter'
'chookbatter' is an anagram of 'ROCK THE BOAT'.

'could' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rock the boat that I've seen before include "make trouble" , "Disturb settled position" , "Upset status quo" , "one way to get to bathe" , "It is sung" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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