Enter firefight and get in the way (9)
I believe the answer is:
interfere
'enter' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'firefight and get in the way' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'way' could be 'e' (Compass direction - East) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for interfere that I've seen before include "Attempt" , "Meddle in someone else's business" , "Intruder does" , "Meddle, butt in" , "Stick one's oar in" .)