Hold space bar with energy (7)
I believe the answer is:
embargo
'hold' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'space bar with energy' is the wordplay.
'space' becomes 'em' (in typography, a space as wide as a letter 'm').
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'energy' becomes 'go' (go can mean energy or enthusiasm).
'em'+'bar'+'go'='EMBARGO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for embargo that I've seen before include "Order forbidding ships to enter or leave port, and a ban on trade" , "Commercial break" , "Trading restriction" , "Legal restraint" , "Proscribe, ban" .)