SINCE 1828
out-Herod
verb
out-Her·od
| \ ˌau̇t-ˈher-əd
\
\
out-Heroded;
out-Heroding;
out-Herods
Definition of out-Herod
: to exceed in violence or extravagance
—usually used in the phrase out-Herod Herod
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