Show contempt for dad overturning fruit split (9)
I believe the answer is:
disappear
'split' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'show contempt for dad overturning fruit' is the wordplay.
'show contempt for' becomes 'dis'.
'dad' becomes 'pa' ('pa' can be a synonym of 'dad').
'overturning' is a reversal indicator.
'fruit' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit).
'pa' in reverse letter order is 'ap'.
'dis'+'ap'+'pear'='DISAPPEAR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disappear that I've seen before include "Fly" , "Pass out of sight" , "suddenly depart" , "Go missing" , "walk" .)