Order boyfriend to face girlfriend? (7)
I believe the answer is:
mandate
'order' is the definition.
(I know that mandate is a more specific form of the action order)
'boyfriend to face girlfriend?' is the wordplay.
'boyfriend' becomes 'date' (someone's date might be a boyfriend).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'face girlfriend?' becomes 'man' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'date' put after 'man' is 'MANDATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mandate that I've seen before include "Authority conferred on a tandem" , "Official command; commission" , "Legal authorisation" , "Authority to act" , "approval" .)