Movingly describe united salvage effort (6,3)

I believe the answer is:

rescue bid

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'movingly describe' is the definition.
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'united salvage effort' is the wordplay.
'united' says to put letters next to each other.
'salvage' becomes 'rescue' (I've seen this before).
'effort' becomes 'bid' (bid is a kind of effort).
'rescue'+'bid' is 'RESCUE BID'.

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