Pull in, you say, and put it back (9)
I believe the answer is:
reinstate
'pull in you' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'say and put it back' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'state' (synonyms).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'put it back' becomes 'rein' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'state' after 'rein' is 'REINSTATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reinstate that I've seen before include "Re-establish" , "Restore to former post" , "Restore to previous position" , "Restore, put back" , "Restore to a former position" .)