Took the general course as trustee concluded (7)

I believe the answer is:

trended

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'took the general course' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'trustee concluded' is the wordplay.
'trustee' becomes 'tr' (abbreviation).
'concluded' becomes 'ended' (synonyms).
'tr'+'ended'='TRENDED'

'as' is the link.

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(Another definition for trended that I've seen is " Turned".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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