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Teams up, arrives to collect bin (8)

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I believe the answer is:

combines

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'teams up' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'arrives to collect bin' is the wordplay.
'arrives' becomes 'comes' ('come' can be a synonym of 'arrive').
'to collect' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are collected by others).
'comes' placed around 'bin' is 'COMBINES'.

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(Other definitions for combines that I've seen before include "Put together" , "blends" , "Joins or merges to form a single unit" , "Joins or puts together" , "'Joins together, unites (8)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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