Research first book at university (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
gen up
'research' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'first book at university' is the wordplay.
'first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'book' becomes 'gen' (I've seen this in other clues).
'at university' becomes 'up' ('up' can mean studying at university).
'gen' put next to 'up' is 'GEN UP'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gen up that I've seen before include "Learn something" , "Brief" .)