to make someone appear in public, usually to represent an organization or an opinion
to provide an explanation, excuse, or piece of information that has been used many times before
He was often trotted out at formal dinners.
She wasn't going to get any answers out of anybody close to Todd: they'd all trot out the same story.
The same arguments are trotted out again.
Why go through that awful charade in the back room, then trot out a little boy in a Buster Brown outfit?
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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