Hold back having a break when theres bad weather (8)
I believe the answer is:
restrain
'hold back' is the definition.
(I know that hold back can be written as restrain)
'bad weather' is the wordplay.
'bad' becomes 'rest' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'weather' becomes 'rain' (rain is a kind of weather).
'rest'+'rain'='RESTRAIN'
'having a break when theres' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for restrain that I've seen before include "Keep back" , "Control - check" , "Prevent (from excess)" , "Keep under control" , "bottle up" .)