Found 2 items, similar to Out-Herod.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: out-herod out-herod v : surpass someone in cruelty or evil
English → English (gcide) Definition: Out-Herod Out-Herod \Out-Her"od\, v. t. To surpass (Herod) in violence or wickedness; to exceed in any vicious or offensive particular. Compare outpope the Pope . “It out-Herods Herod.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] Out-Heroding the preposterous fashions of the times. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]