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beating

 noun
     
beat‧ing [countable]
1 an act of hitting someone many times as a punishment or in a fight:
a brutal beating
2

take a beating

to lose very badly in a game or competition:
The Dodgers took a real beating on Saturday.

➔ take some beating

at beat1 (11)
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