Put right in to touch, shrink from (8)
I believe the answer is:
contract
'shrink from' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'put right in to touch' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'right' could be 'r' (abbreviation) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'touch' could be 'contact' (contact is a kind of touch) and 'contact' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for contract that I've seen before include "Arrangement to commit murder" , "Document setting out terms of agreement" , "Pick up" , "Undertake" , "bargain" .)