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ouster
out
out-
out-and-out
out-and-outer
out-box
out-front
out-group
out-Herod
out loud
out-of-body
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out-Herod
out-Her·od (past and past participle out-Her·od·ded, present participle out-Her·od·ding, 3rd person present singular out-Her·ods)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
outdo in extreme behavior: to behave more excessively than somebody else
out-Herod Herod
[After Herod (the Great), presented in medieval mystery plays as an overdramatic character]
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