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Strongly resist the attitude adopted at work (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oppose

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'strongly resist' is the definition.
'oppose' can be an answer for 'resist' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'strongly' bit.

'attitude adopted at work' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'attitude' could be 'pose' (attitude can mean a pose or stance) and 'pose' is present in the answer.
'work' could be 'op' (common abbreviation for 'opus') and 'op' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for oppose that I've seen before include "Take stand against, resist" , "match" , "Counter" , "Argue against" , "Resist, go against" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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