Made great effort in street roam (6)

I believe the answer is:
strove
'made great effort' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'street roam' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'roam' becomes 'rove' (synonyms).
'st'+'rove'='STROVE'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for strove that I've seen before include "Struggled" , "Endeavoured" , "Voters (anag) - made every effort" , "Made great efforts" , "Tried hard for voters" .)