Bored physician got on with German brought in (7)

I believe the answer is:

dragged

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'brought in' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'bored physician got on with german' is the wordplay.
'bored' means to remove the middle letters (bore can mean to hollow out).
'physician' becomes 'doctor' (synonyms).
'got on' becomes 'aged' ('age' can be a synonym of 'get on').
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'doctor' with its centre removed is 'dr'.
'aged' placed around 'g' is 'agged'.
'dr'+'agged'='DRAGGED'

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(Other definitions for dragged that I've seen before include "Drew slowly or heavily" , "Pulled along roughly" , "Hauled" , "Trailed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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