Speak angrily to a quiet hooligan outside (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
lash out
'speak angrily' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a quiet hooligan outside' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'sh' (both can be said to tell someone to be quiet).
'hooligan' becomes 'lout' (both can mean an aggressive person).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters go outside others).
'a'+'sh'='ash'
'ash' inserted within 'lout' is 'LASH OUT'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lash out that I've seen before include "Spend lots" , "Strike (or spend) wildly" , "Become suddenly aggressive" , "Attack, verbally or physically" , "Recklessly spend" .)