Row about fresh contract (4,2)
I believe the answer is:
draw in
'contract' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'row about fresh' is the wordplay.
'row' becomes 'din' (both can mean a loud disturbance).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fresh' becomes 'raw'.
'din' going around 'raw' is 'DRAW IN'.
(Other definitions for draw in that I've seen before include "(Of days) shorten" , "Of time or daylight, become shorter" , "Reduce" .)