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French city to get beaten, we may hear (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toulouse

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'french city' is the definition.
(I know this)

'to get beaten we may hear' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' is present in the answer.
'we' could be 'us' and 'us' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for toulouse that I've seen before include "Southern French city" , "Lautrec's French town" , "City in southern France" , "French painter, d. 1901" , "___-Lautrec" .)

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