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Rebuff gained at home daily for speaking out (3,2,3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

one in the eye

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'rebuff' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'gained at home daily for speaking out' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is located in the answer.
'home' could be 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in') and 'in' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for one in the eye that I've seen before include "Harold got" , "rebuff - with 17a,18a" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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