Get a round going? Drink not available, we hear (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
tee off
'get' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to competing as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'a round going? drink not available we hear' is the wordplay.
'a round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'going? drink' becomes 'te' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'not available' becomes 'off' (I've seen this in other clues).
'we hear' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'te'+'off'='teoff'
'teoff' going around 'e' is 'TEE OFF'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tee off that I've seen before include "Toffee (anag.)" , "Start a hole in golf" , "Start a round of golf" , "annoy" , "start using iron" .)