Carve me out a leader (6)
I believe the answer is:
emboss
'carve' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'me out a leader' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'a leader' becomes 'boss' (boss is a kind of leader).
'me' anagrammed gives 'em'.
'em'+'boss'='EMBOSS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for emboss that I've seen before include "Carve figure in relief" , "Produce raised design" , "Ornament in relief" , "Provide relief" , "Execute in relief" .)