"trot out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-trot out.ogg [Australia] Forms: trots out [present, singular, third-person], trotting out [participle, present], trotted out [participle, past], trotted out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} trot out (third-person singular simple present trots out, present participle trotting out, simple past and past participle trotted out)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To list or recite quickly. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-trot_out-en-verb-mnwxCanW
  2. To bring something forward in order to display or use it. Synonyms: wheel out
    Sense id: en-trot_out-en-verb-A57-g33H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 15 85

Inflected forms

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