trot out

verb

trotted out; trotting out; trots out

transitive verb

1

: to lead out and show the paces of (a horse)

2

: to bring forward for display or use

trotted out a new excuse

Synonyms

• offer
• give
• run by

Examples of trot out in a Sentence

after no one bought the first explanation, they trotted out another

Recent Examples on the Web

Actually, Alma does suffer from ulcers, which cause her extraordinary stomach pain and vomiting at inconvenient moments, and cause viewers to wonder not if but when such clumsy symbolic traits will be trotted out in the future. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025

When Longhorns backup quarterback Matthew Caldwell trotted out for one play against Florida and threw a seed for a 26-yard completion, Texas had itself its very own quarterback controversy. —Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2025

But Bersten and the stage managers (who trotted out some bitchen lasers) gave Hendrix the ride of her life. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025

Luckily, this team isn’t trotting out a right side that is some combination of Cody Ceci, Ilya Lybushkin, and Matt Dumba again. —The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for trot out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout