Tot taking an ice-cream out to eat (7)
I believe the answer is:
consume
'to eat' is the definition.
(I know that consume is a more specific form of the action eat up)
'tot taking an ice-cream' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'tot' could be 'sum' (synonyms) and 'sum' is found in the answer.
'taking' could be 'on' (eg one taking drugs is 'on' drugs) and 'on' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'out' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for consume that I've seen before include "Devour" , "Eat, drink" , "Use up" , "Exhaust" .)