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| out-herod | (v) surpass someone in cruelty or evil |
| Out-Herod | v. t. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. Compare outpope the Pope. “It out-Herods Herod.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] |