trot out something

trot out something
trot out (someone/something) to bring someone or something to the attention of others, so they can see or admire it.

The military trotted out all their experts to testify for the new weapons system.

She trotted her espresso machine out this morning and made us all coffee.


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  • trot out — verb bring out and show for inspection and admiration (Freq. 1) His novel trots out a rich heiress always able to trot out some new excuse • Hypernyms: ↑uncover, ↑bring out, ↑unveil, ↑reveal …   Useful english dictionary

  • trot out someone — trot out (someone/something) to bring someone or something to the attention of others, so they can see or admire it. The military trotted out all their experts to testify for the new weapons system. She trotted her espresso machine out this… …   New idioms dictionary

  • trot out — (someone/something) to bring someone or something to the attention of others, so they can see or admire it. The military trotted out all their experts to testify for the new weapons system. She trotted her espresso machine out this morning and… …   New idioms dictionary

  • trot out — v. display something again and again; bring out something or someone and display for admiration; bring out and show the gaits of a horse …   English contemporary dictionary

  • trot — trot1 [trɔt US tra:t] v past tense and past participle trotted present participle trotting [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: troter] 1.) if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • trot — [[t]trɒ̱t[/t]] trots, trotting, trotted 1) VERB If you trot somewhere, you move fairly fast at a speed between walking and running, taking small quick steps. [V prep/adv] I trotted down the steps and out to the shed... [V prep/adv] They trotted… …   English dictionary

  • trot — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. trot (12c.), from troter to trot, to go, from Frankish *trotton (Cf. O.H.G. trotton to tread ), from a variant of the Germanic base of TREAD (Cf. tread) (q.v.). The verb is attested in English from mid 14c. Italian… …   Etymology dictionary

  • trot — 1 verb trotted, trotting 1 (I) if a horse trots, it moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposite back leg 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) 3 a) to run fairly slowly, taking short steps: William trotted along… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • trot something out — (informal) RECITE, repeat, regurgitate, churn out; come out with, produce. → trot * * * 1) informal produce the same information, story, or explanation that has been produced many times before everyone trots out the old excuse 2) cause a horse to …   Useful english dictionary

  • trot — verb (trots, trotting, trotted) 1》 (of a horse or other quadruped) proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternately. 2》 (of a person) run at a moderate pace with short steps.     ↘informal go or walk briskly.… …   English new terms dictionary

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