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OUT-HEROD
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surpass someone in cruelty or evil
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "out-herod" is one way to...):
exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody