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Push in, perhaps, and hurt (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

punish

'hurt' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'push in perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'push'+'in'='pushin'
'pushin' with letters rearranged gives 'PUNISH'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for punish that I've seen before include "Possibly fine" , "Like wordplay in speech" , "Mete out penalty to" , "Impose penalty for crime or misbehaviour" , "Penalise" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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