trot out

1. 1.

   bring out and show for inspection and admiration

   “His novel trots out a rich heiress”

   “always able to trot out some new excuse”

   Broaderbring out

Questions about trot out

What does trot out mean?

trot out means "bring out and show for inspection and admiration".

Is trot out a common word?

trot out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.