Lose some of what you need in person (5)
I believe the answer is:
bleed
'lose' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bleed that I've seen before include "Shed blood" , "Squeeze money out of" , "What would ancient doctor do" , "Lose life-sustaining fluid" , "Haemorrhage" .)