Goad various characters on the street before wedding (4,2)
I believe the answer is:
stag do
'street before wedding' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'goad various characters on' is the wordplay.
'various' indicates anagramming the letters.
'characters' becomes 'st' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'goad' is an anagram of 'agdo'.
'agdo' after 'st' is 'STAG DO'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stag do that I've seen before include "last day of freedom?" , "Bachelor party" , "Pre-nuptial event" .)