Child impeded by group of women, as you would say? (2,3)
I believe the answer is:
to wit
'as you would say?' is the definition.
'child impeded by group of women' is the wordplay.
'child' becomes 'tot' (I've seen this before).
'impeded by' is an insertion indicator.
'group of women' becomes 'wi' (Women's Institute).
'tot' going around 'wi' is 'TO WIT'.
(Other definitions for to wit that I've seen before include "specifically" , "In other words" , "what to do with a broken-down car!" , "Namely" , "That is to say" .)