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out-Herod
[out-her-uhd]
verb (used with object)
to outdo in extravagance, violence, or excess.
His cruelty out-Herods Herod.
out-Herod
verb
(tr) to surpass in evil, excesses, or cruelty
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of out-Herod1
1595–1605; out- + Herod (Antipas)
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of out-Herod1
C17: 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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But there’s also a dynamic in which each candidate is compelled to out-Herod Herod.
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The most marked trait, however, of these minor tragedies is their eagerness to out-Herod Herod and to make good their weakness in dramatic truth by means of stage horrors or rant.
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You out-Herod Calvin in his blackest moods.'
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Simon could "out-Herod Herod" in doing all this.
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I always say the Regency-men inaugurated it, and their sons and grandsons out-Herod Herod.
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