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Collects beef and pork, say (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meets

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'collects' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for meets that I've seen before include "Comes into contact with" , "Effectively copes with" , "Hunts" , "Hunt assemblies" , "Gathers together" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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