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

Perhaps thanks to Schweitzer's retirement, the coaching staff again trotted out second-year lineman Caedan Wallace at left guard. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 June 2025

When Sarah asks Matty to trot out one of her Cindy Shapiro stories or when Olympia looks at a picture of her own face on Matty’s big investigation board, her pain is acute. —Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025

There’s no need to trot out all the research linking a diet high in fat, which typifies fast food, to poor health; that information is well known. —Paul McClure 19, New Atlas, 19 May 2025

September through December belonged to the grown-ups again, as studios trotted out weightier fare in time for awards season. —Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 19 June 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