to trot out
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5.9
- phrasal verb
- /trɑt aʊt/
- Informal
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sacar
- What do you expect when you trot out the Second Amendment?
- trot out old
- trot out that tired
- trot out the customary platitude
And their crippled bodies, as the New York Tribune said, were trotted out in this election as images.
- And their crippled bodies, as the New York Tribune said, were trotted out in this election as images.
- People don't want to see the same lukewarm story trotted out again.
- I know Okcupid's data, the log and dump, often gets trotted out in support of various arguments in this space.
- He's being trotted out as someone who can support, you know, the Yas Queen ification of Kamala Harris.
- And I'm so sick of a few people in the Democratic Party trotting out like there are centrist saviors.
Examples
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A little skill of mine, something to trot out at parties.
Fiction book (1996) -
So instead, you want to trot out a computer or a program?
Blog text (7) -
You must think I was born yesterday to trot out that old illogical argument.
Blog text (18) -
A lot of people try to trot out Trumpism, but it doesn't work, right?
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I'm sure that Bill can trot out his standard defenses to those criticisms.
Blog text (12) -
That's where networks trot out their upcoming stuff to the advertisers.
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Why don't you actually read the article instead of simply trotting out your standard unthinking litany of pro-abortion slogans?
Blog text (16) -
During the presentation, the speaker always trots out the same statistics to convince the audience.
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Politicians often trot out well-known experts to support their arguments during debates.
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She tends to trot out the same excuses every time she is late for work.
Synonyms
216
3.2
To act proudly to get attention or praise
65
6.1
To praise or advertise something strongly to make people want it
1
5.1
To show something again, often because it is already ready
Announce something loudly and proudly to get attention
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal meanings of 'trot' (move briskly) and 'out' (away/out) create a clear motion metaphor that can lead a B1 learner to infer a basic sense of 'bring out' or 'present'. However, the idiomatic nuance—presenting something routinely or as a rehearsed excuse to impress or persuade—is a metaphorical extension and not fully predictable without exposure, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The phrasal verb trot out may come from the picture of bringing a horse forward so people can see it, when you trot the horse out into view. So when someone today 'trots out' an idea or story, they bring it forward to 'show' or repeat it, often to 'impress' or 'persuade' others.