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Hold it against, anti-change (7)

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I believe the answer is:

contain

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'hold' is the definition.
(I know that hold can be written as contain)

'against anti-change' is the wordplay.
'against' becomes 'con' (as in pros and cons, for and against).
'change' is an anagram indicator.
'anti' with letters rearranged gives 'tain'.
'con'+'tain'='CONTAIN'

'it' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for contain that I've seen before include "Hold within, suppress (7)" , "Accommodate" , "Carry" , "Keep the lid on" , "Control, restrain" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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