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Let a night with her set in motion true love! (3,4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

the real thing

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'true love' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'let a night with her set in motion' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'set in motion' indicates an anagram (letters made to move around).
'let'+'a'+'night'+'her'='letanighther'
'letanighther' anagrammed gives 'THE REAL THING'.

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(Other definitions for the real thing that I've seen before include "genuine" , "Not an imitation or a substitute" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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