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One drowned in drink to chuck (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoick

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'chuck' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'one drowned in drink' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'drowned in' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'drink' becomes 'hock' (hock is a kind of drink).
'i' inserted inside 'hock' is 'HOICK'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hoick that I've seen before include "Rise up" , "Raise suddenly" , "Tug" , "Pull suddenly" , "Lift sharply" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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