Get friendly with James (4)

I believe the answer is:

bond

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'get' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for bond that I've seen before include "James ...., fiction's 007" , "relationship" , "Obligation" , "Affinity" , "Something that joins together, or a financial document" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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