Hug English married couple (7)
I believe the answer is:
embrace
'hug' is the definition.
('embrace' can be a synonym of 'hug')
'english married couple' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'married' becomes 'm'.
'couple' becomes 'brace' ('brace' can be a synonym of 'couple'**).
'e'+'m'+'brace'='EMBRACE'
(Other definitions for embrace that I've seen before include "Warmly welcome" , "bear-hug?" , "Hug; adopt" , "squeeze" , "Include - hug" .)