Successively caught and put away (6)
I believe the answer is:
intern
'put away' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'successively caught' is the wordplay.
'successively' becomes 'inturn' (synonyms).
'caught' shows a homophone (sound like) (to catch something can mean to hear it).
'inturn' sounds like 'INTERN'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intern that I've seen before include "Hospital worker" , "Confine the hospital doctor" , "Shut up" , "Incarcerate without trial - a junior hospital doctor?" , "Detain in custody" .)