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Expose gang involved in fight (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

bring out

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'expose' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'gang involved in fight' is the wordplay.
'gang' becomes 'ring' (synonyms).
'involved in' indicates putting letters inside.
'fight' becomes 'bout' (as in a bout in boxing).
'ring' put into 'bout' is 'BRING OUT'.

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(Other definitions for bring out that I've seen before include "Emphasize (a feature)" , "Elicit" , "Issue" , "Emphasise" , "Unveil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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