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Went with piece of furniture containing English pine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belonged

'went' is the definition.
('belong' can be a synonym of 'go')

'piece of furniture containing english pine' is the wordplay.
'piece of furniture' becomes 'bed' (bed is a kind of piece of furniture).
'containing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'pine' becomes 'long' ('long' can be a synonym of 'pine'**).
'e'+'long'='elong'
'bed' going around 'elong' is 'BELONGED'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for belonged that I've seen before include "Was part of" , "Was owned" , "Fitted in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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