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Beat man for touching (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tangent

'touching' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'beat man' is the wordplay.
'beat' becomes 'tan' (I've seen this before).
'man' becomes 'gent' (gent is a kind of man**).
'tan'+'gent'='TANGENT'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for tangent that I've seen before include "Line grazing another" , "At which one can go off" , "seen to be touching" , "What people often go off at!" , "line in mathematics" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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