Get soundly defeated, as Brad may? (4,1,9)

I believe the answer is:

take a hammering

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'get soundly defeated as brad may?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'get soundly defeated as' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'get' could be 'take' (taking is a kind of getting) and 'take' is present in the answer.
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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