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Getting beaten doing badly in formal attire (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

going down

'getting beaten' is the definition.
(going down can mean getting beat)

'doing badly in formal attire' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'formal attire' becomes 'gown' (I've seen this in another clue).
'doing' is an anagram of 'oingd'.
'oingd' put into 'gown' is 'GOING DOWN'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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