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Replace exhaust with parts (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swap

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'replace' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'exhaust with parts' is the wordplay.
'exhaust' becomes 'sap' (sapping is a kind of exhausting).
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'parts' is an insertion indicator (in the sense of cuts or separates).
'sap' enclosing 'w' is 'SWAP'.

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(Other definitions for swap that I've seen before include "Exchange, substitute" , "Interchange" , "Switch" , "Exchange, barter" , "exchanged item" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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