Physical beating (6)
I believe the answer is:
hiding
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">physical beating</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hiding that I've seen before include "Beating - state of concealment" , "Chastisement - concealment!" , "Hushing up" , "Not exposing" , "Not publicising" .)