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to trot to

to trot to

5 4.8
To go quickly in small, fast steps to a place
  • phrasal verb
  • /trɑt tu/
: trottar
  • The children trotted to the playground as soon as the bell rang.
  • trotted to the door
  • trotted to the car
  • trotted to the mound

Examples

  • The dog came to its feet, growling more openly now, then trotted to the door and gave a low bark.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Doesn't he ever trot to New York?

  • Then they trotted to the field's far end.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • David trots to a stop and waves.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Sang trotted to where the ball lay.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Brokefang trotted to the head of the line.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Snuffles trotted to the far side of the shed.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I trotted to the mound and forgot everything but pitching.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The bull trotted to the edge of the arena, folded his legs, and lay down.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Pennies jingled in her red purse as she trotted to Grizzly's Store.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

to jog
vsto trot to
98 1.0

To run at a steady slow speed for exercise

goes briskly to a place at a speed lower than running
to trot
vsto trot to
48 2.2

To move faster than a walk but slower than a run, often used for animals

is specifically movement toward a place rather than general brisk motion
to trot down
vsto trot to
2 3.8

Walk quickly for a short distance to a nearby place

goes briskly to a place with slightly more steady pace
to speedwalk
vsto trot to
1 3.8

To walk quickly for exercise, faster than a normal walk

is used for going briskly to a place rather than for exercise

Antonyms

18 5.5

To walk slowly and without hurry for pleasure

4 1.2

A slow movement made by moving on hands and knees or by dragging the body

How Fast

sprint
44 2.1
to run
∞ 1.0
to trot to
5 4.8
to walk
∞ 1.0
crawl
12 2.7

Surface Forms

trot to infinitive
trot to past
trot to past participle
trot to present participle
trot to third person singular

Morphology

trot + to

The meaning 'to go briskly to a place' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'trot' (to move briskly between walking and running) with the directional marker 'to'. This motion-verb + direction pattern is a straightforward compositional construction common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Trot to comes from the image of a horse's steady, quick step, the trot, which is 'faster than walking but slower than running'. So trot to now means 'to go briskly to' a place.