OUT-HEROD


Meaning of OUT-HEROD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌau̇t-ˈher-əd ]

transitive verb

Etymology: out- + Herod the Great, depicted in medieval mystery plays as a blustering tyrant

Date: 1602

: to exceed in violence or extravagance — usually used in the phrase out-Herod Herod

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