First Known Use: 1602
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out–Herod
verb out–Her·od \ˌau̇t-ˈher-əd\
Definition of OUT-HEROD
transitive verb
: to exceed in violence or extravagance —usually used in the phrase out-Herod Herod
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Origin of OUT-HEROD
out- + Herod the Great, depicted in medieval mystery plays as a blustering tyrant
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