Fellow gets Georgia started (5)
I believe the answer is:
began
'started' is the definition.
('begin' can be a synonym of 'start')
'fellow gets georgia' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'ben' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gets' indicates putting letters inside (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'georgia' becomes 'GA' (abbreviation for the US state).
'ben' going around 'ga' is 'BEGAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for began that I've seen is " Commenced, started".)