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Definition of Trot out
1. Verb. Bring out and show for inspection and admiration. "Always able to trot out some new excuse"
Definition of Trot out
1. Verb. (idiomatic transitive) To list or recite quickly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trot Out
Literary usage of Trot out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Four Years Under Marse Robert by Robert Stiles (1903)
"... Conduct of the "Napoleon Section" of the Howitzers — Frying Pan as Sword and
Banner — Prayer with a Dying Federal Soldier — "trot out Your Deaf Man and ..."
2. The Trooper's Manual: Or, Tactics for Light Dragoon and Mounted Riflemen by James Lucius Davis (1861)
"To pass from the trot to the trot-out, and from the trot-out to the trot.
The troopers marching at the trot, and in column, the instructor commands: ..."
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