Abandon poor friend to make procedural query (5,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
point of order
'procedural query' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'abandon poor friend to' is the wordplay.
'abandon' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'abandoned' mean this (the original order is abandoned)).
'poor'+'friend'+'to'='poorfriendto'
'poorfriendto' anagrammed gives 'POINT OF ORDER'.
'make' is the link.
(Other definitions for point of order that I've seen before include "Issue raised during a parliamentary motion" , "to get goods supplied, one imagines" , "Question as to whether the current proceedings are allowed" , "Question raised about a meeting's procedure" , "Procedural query" .)