How to take a pride in partnership (6)

I believe the answer is:

paired

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'in partnership' is the definition.
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'how to take a pride' is the wordplay.
'a pride' anagrams to 'PAIRED'.
However, I'm not sure how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for paired that I've seen before include "'Coupled, matched (6)'" , "Were mates" .)

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