Get upwardly mobile American to pay for things when they hang out (7)
I believe the answer is:
suspend
'things when they hang out' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'get upwardly mobile american to pay' is the wordplay.
'get' says to put letters next to each other.
'upwardly mobile' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'to pay' becomes 'spend' (spending is a kind of paying).
'us' written backwards gives 'su'.
'su' next to 'spend' is 'SUSPEND'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for suspend that I've seen before include "Sends up (anag)" , "Hold up or dangle" , "Dangle or postpone" , "Fail to hit" , "Delay" .)