In short, the way to get a bit of love (3)
I believe the answer is:
ave
'in short the way to get a bit of love' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'in short the way to get a bit of love' is the wordplay.
'in short' means to remove the last letter.
'the way' becomes 'av' (short for avenue).
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a bit of love' becomes 've' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'av' with its final letter taken off is 'a'.
'a'+'ve'='AVE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ave that I've seen before include "Roman greeting" , "Hail (Latin)" , "Hail in graveyard." , "Hail in old Rome" , "Latin salutation" .)