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Gets aboard vehicle, being outside school (8)

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I believe the answer is:

entrains

'gets aboard vehicle' is the definition.
(boards a train)

'being outside school' is the wordplay.
'being' becomes 'ens' (philosophical term for being or existence).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'school' becomes 'train' (training is a kind of schooling).
'ens' going around 'train' is 'ENTRAINS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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