Defeat leader in shot put (4)
I believe the answer is:
slay
'defeat' is the definition.
The answer and definition 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?
'leader in shot put' is the wordplay.
'leader in' says to take the initial letters.
'put' becomes 'lay' (as in laying or putting something down).
The initial letter of 'shot' is 's'.
's'+'lay'='SLAY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slay that I've seen before include "Butcher" , "Kill with premeditation" , "Fatally hit" , "Violently kill" , "Kill, murder" .)