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Get the game moving and thrash (4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

beat up

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'thrash' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'get the game moving' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'get' could be 'be' ('get' can mean 'come to be') and 'be' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'game' could be 'p' (I have seen 'French game ' mean 'p' so perhaps 'game' could also mean 'p') and 'p' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for beat up that I've seen before include "Assault violently and injure" , "Dilapidated" , "Assault violently, batter" , "Assault violently, thrash" , "mug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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