out-Herod

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out-Herod

(tr) to surpass in evil, excesses, or cruelty

[originally out-Herod Herod, from Shakespeare's Hamlet (act 3, scene 2); see also Herod: portrayed in medieval mystery plays as a ranting tyrant]

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out-herod - surpass someone in cruelty or evil

outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

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Caesarea Childermas day Excessiveness Herod Herod Agrippa I Herod Agrippa II Herod Antipas Herod the Great Herodian Herodias Holy Innocents' Day Innocents' Day John the Baptist Massacre of the Innocents Outdoing outgo outmatch outperform outstrip			When first he joined us and saw our mark upon the foreheads of our dead, wishing to out-Herod Herod, he marked the living which fell into his hands with a red hot iron, branding a great P upon each cheek and burning out the right eye completely. The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Noah's wife, for example, came regularly to be presented as a shrew, who would not enter the ark until she had been beaten into submission; and Herod always appears as a blustering tyrant, whose fame still survives in a proverb of Shakspere's coinage--'to out-Herod Herod. A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context			out of the way Out of the woods out of thin air Out of time out of true Out of twist out of use out of view out of wedlock out of whack out of work out or keeping Out patient out sister out there out to Out to out Out upon! Out West out- out-and-out out-and-outer out-basket out-front out-group out-Herod out-migrant out-migrate out-migration out-of-body out-of-body experience out-of-bounds out-of-breath out-of-court out-of-court settlement out-of-date out-of-door out-of-doors out-of-pocket out-of-school out-of-sight out-of-state out-of-stater out-of-the-box thinking out-of-the-ordinary out-of-the-way out-of-town out-of-towner out-of-work out-patient out-process			Out Tonight Lovely Boy Out Trade Out upon! Out West Out West Out with Out Year Cost Out Your Backdoor Out, Off, On, In Out, please out- out-and-out out-and-out out-and-out out-and-outer out-and-outers out-basket Out-Board Electronics Out-board motor Out-board motor Out-Cell Multiple-Access Interference out-cross out-front Out-Going Out-Going Trunk Queuing out-group out-groups Out-haul out-Herod out-migrant out-migrate out-migrated out-migrates out-migrating out-migration out-migration Out-of-Africa Hypothesis Out-Of-Balance Out-of-band Out-of-band Out-Of-Band Authentication Out-of-band data Out-of-Band Emission Out-Of-Band Interference Out-Of-Band Port Out-of-band signaling Out-of-band signaling Out-of-band signalling Out-of-band-data Out-Of-Bandwidth out-of-body out-of-body out-of-body experience out-of-body experience out-of-body experience Out-of-body experiences Out-of-body experiences Out-Of-Body-Experience out-of-bounds

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