Come together, ready to cook? (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
pan out
'cook?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pan out that I've seen before include "Conclude, end up well" , "End up, turn out well" , "Have acceptable result - exclude frying vessel" .)