Pass nearly everybody to get to objective (4)
I believe the answer is:
goal
'objective' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'pass nearly everybody' is the wordplay.
'pass' becomes 'go' (synonyms).
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'everybody' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'all' with its last letter removed is 'al'.
'go'+'al'='GOAL'
'to get to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for goal that I've seen before include "Aim - striker's target" , "Aim, desired result" , "Ambition for a score" , "Objective, purpose" , "Aim and objective" .)