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trot out
verb
- informal.tr, adverb to bring forward, as for approbation or admiration, esp repeatedly
he trots out the same excuses every time
Idioms and Phrases
Bring out and show for inspection and admiration, as in He trotted out all his old war medals . This expression alludes to leading out a horse to show off its various paces, including the trot. [ Colloquial ; first half of 1800s]Example Sentences
Ohtani flung his bat as he trotted out of the batter’s box.
The latest example: Tuesday’s rotation of batting practice sessions, with the Dodgers trotting out one star pitcher after the next in a display of their stunning depth of arms.
The metaphor of a “marketplace of ideas†is routinely trotted out by people like Zuckerberg to defend abdicating responsibility for doing what they can to ensure that freedom and democracy thrive.
Graham's point echoes one made by Hegseth himself, who has trotted out several different defenses in the weeks since his nomination.
It didn’t take long before Sheinbaum started trotting out accomplishments in those areas.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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