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out-Herod definition

out·-Herod (o̵ut′her′əd)

transitive verb

to surpass in excess, as in violence or cruelty
usually in the phrase out-Herod Herod,

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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