Holding back the transport for the others to catch (9)
I believe the answer is:
restraint
'catch' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'holding back the transport for the others' is the wordplay.
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'back the transport' becomes 'rain' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'others' becomes 'rest' (eg the rest of a group).
'rain' put after 't' is 'train'.
'train' inserted into 'rest' is 'RESTRAINT'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for restraint that I've seen before include "Self-control" , "controlling influence" , "Restriction, limit" , "Curb" , "Something that holds back" .)