Don't allow to get fed up (6)
I believe the answer is:
starve
'up' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how they can define each other.
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for starve that I've seen before include "Eat nothing" , "Go without food" , "Suffer from food deprivation" , "Fail to take in" , "Vaster (anag)" .)