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Undersized person consuming port to grow hugely (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

run riot

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'grow hugely' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'undersized person consuming port' is the wordplay.
'undersized person' becomes 'runt' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'consuming' indicates putting letters inside.
'port' becomes 'rio' (Rio de Janeiro is a port).
'runt' placed around 'rio' is 'RUN RIOT'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for run riot that I've seen before include "high-scoring test match" , "Behave unrestrainedly" , "Behave wildly and without restraint" , "Spread uncontrollably" , "Raise hell" .)

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