Finish support heading off to foster care (6)
I believe the answer is:
endear
'foster care' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with human feelings as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'finish support heading off' is the wordplay.
'finish' becomes 'end' ('end' can be a synonym of 'finish').
'support' becomes 'bear' (I've seen this before).
'heading off' means to remove the first letter.
'bear' with its first letter taken away is 'ear'.
'end'+'ear'='ENDEAR'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for endear that I've seen before include "Cause to be loved" , "Bind in gratitude" , "Charm, captivate" , "Cause to like" , "Neared so as to make loved" .)