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Flourish with healthy meal (8)

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I believe the answer is:

brandish

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'flourish' is the definition.
(I know that flourish can be written as brandish)

'healthy meal' is the wordplay.
'healthy' becomes 'bran' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'meal' becomes 'dish' (a dish is a particular meal).
'bran'+'dish'='BRANDISH'

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for brandish that I've seen before include "Flourish (a weapon)" , "Wave like a weapon" , "shake" , "Wield or wave belligerently" , "Wave as a threat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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