Having fun getting someone tipsy (6,5)

I believe the answer is:

making merry

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'having' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'fun getting someone tipsy' is the wordplay.
'fun getting someone' becomes 'making' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tipsy' becomes 'merry' (I've seen this before).
'making'+'merry'='MAKING MERRY'

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