Fellow taking time to run (6)
I believe the answer is:
manage
'run' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'fellow taking time' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'taking' says to put letters next to each other.
'time' becomes 'age' (age is a kind of time).
'man'+'age'='MANAGE'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for manage that I've seen before include "Control, direct, run" , "Handle and control the business" , "Handle, oversee" , "Supervise staff" , "Handle, run" .)