Keep rabbit connected to post? (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
talk shop
'keep' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'rabbit connected to post?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'rabbit' could be 'talk' (I've seen this before) and 'talk' is located in the answer.
'post?' could be 'p' (abbreviation as in PS for postscript) and 'p' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sho' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for talk shop that I've seen before include "Negotiations" , "Speak about one's work" , "Discuss matters concerning one's work" , "Discuss business out of hours" , "Discuss work at a social event" .)