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Discussing many a terrible beating (8)

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I believe the answer is:

debating

'discussing' is the definition.
(debating is a kind of discussing)

'many a terrible beating' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'D' (Roman numeral for 500).
'a terrible' indicates anagramming the letters.
'beating' with letters rearranged gives 'ebating'.
'd'+'ebating'='DEBATING'

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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