Cryptic crossword clue
Old politician gets a grip on power with press beating 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word WHIPPING

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What does WHIPPING mean?

WHIPPING verb
  1. To hit with a whip.
  2. (by extension) To hit with any flexible object.
  3. To defeat, as in a contest or game.
  4. To mix in a rapid aerating fashion, especially food.
  5. To urge into action or obedience.
  6. To enforce a member voting in accordance with party policy.
  7. To bind the end of a rope with twine or other small stuff to prevent its unlaying: fraying or unravelling.
  8. To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
  9. To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread.
  10. To throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
  11. To fish a body of water especially by making repeated casts.
  12. To snap back and forth like a whip.
  13. To move very fast.
  14. To move (something) very fast; often with up, out, etc.
  15. To transfer momentum from one skater to another.
  16. To lash with sarcasm, abuse, etc.
  17. To thrash; to beat out, as grain, by striking.
WHIPPING noun
  1. The punishment of being whipped.
  2. A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
  3. A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
  4. A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
  5. (whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
  6. The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.

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