Makes hole in trousers we hear (8)

'makes' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'hole in trousers we hear' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'we hear' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'braches' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?