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Beat in the counter-revolution (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trounce

'beat' is the definition.
(I know that beat can be written as trounce)

'counter-revolution' is the wordplay.
'revolution' indicates an anagram.
'counter' is an anagram of 'TROUNCE'.

'in the' is the link.

(Other definitions for trounce that I've seen before include "Clobber" , "Thoroughly defeat" , "summons" , "Utterly defeat" , "Destroy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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