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Woman turning up with daughter had a meal (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dined

'had a meal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'woman turning up with daughter' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'deni' ().
'turning up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'deni' reversed gives 'ined'.
'ined' put after 'd' is 'DINED'.

(Other definitions for dined that I've seen before include "Had supper" , "Ate a meal" .)

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