Taking in, being obliging (13)
I believe the answer is:
accommodating
'obliging' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'taking in being' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
'being' could be 'mod' (mod is a kind of being) and 'mod' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for accommodating that I've seen before include "as Mrs Hudson was to Holmes" , "Complaisant" , "Considerate of others" , "Compliant" , "Obliging - providing a room" .)