Make a mistake and almost quit (4)
I believe the answer is:
goof
'make' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for goof that I've seen before include "boob" , "(Make a) silly mistake" , "In slang, bungle or blunder" , "Blunder, mistake (slang)" , "Foolish mistake" .)