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Take out one side of car after collision (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bump off

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

'out one side of car after collision' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'out' could be 'off' (I've seen this before) and 'off' is found within the answer.
'collision' could be 'bump' (I've seen this before) and 'bump' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bump off that I've seen before include "Murder" , "get on flight? On the contrary" , "Kill" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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