Have beef perhaps, but no starter (3)
I believe the answer is:
eat
'have' is the definition.
(I know that eat is a more specific form of the action have)
'beef perhaps but no starter' is the wordplay.
'beef perhaps' becomes 'meat' (beef is a kind of meat).
'but no starter' means to remove the first letter.
'meat' with its initial letter taken off is 'EAT'.
(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "tolerate in diet" , "Devour" , "Gobble up" , "Do cats - bats? Do bats - cats? (Alice in Wonderland)" , "Take food" .)