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Remove bearings after a time (5)

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I believe the answer is:

erase

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'remove' is the definition.
(to erase is to remove)

'bearings after a time' is the wordplay.
'bearings' becomes 'se' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'a time' becomes 'era' (an era is a period of time).
'se' after 'era' is 'ERASE'.

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(Other definitions for erase that I've seen before include "score" , "Delete" , "Eliminate" , "Remove, wipe out" , "Remove evidence of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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