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trot out
trot T0381000 (trŏt)n.1. a. The gait of a horse or other four-footed animal, between a walk and a canter in speed, in which diagonal pairs of legs move forward together.b. A ride on a horse moving with this gait.2. A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog.3. Sports A race for trotters.4. See pony.5. trots Informal Diarrhea. Used with the.6. A toddler.7. Archaic An old woman.v. trot·ted, trot·ting, trots v.intr.1. To go or move at a trot.2. To proceed rapidly; hurry.v.tr. To cause to move at a trot.Phrasal Verb: trot out Informal To bring out and show for inspection or admiration: "His novel trots out an Irish president named Finn" (Charles E. Claffey).
[Middle English, from Old French, from troter, to trot, of Germanic origin. N., sense 7, origin unknown.]trot out vb (tr, adverb) informal to bring forward, as for approbation or admiration, esp repeatedly: he trots out the same excuses every time. Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  trot out - bring out and show for inspection and admiration; "His novel trots out a rich heiress"; "always able to trot out some new excuse"bring out, reveal, uncover, unveil - make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" |
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trot outTo bring someone or something out for other people to inspect, admire, or contemplate. A noun or pronoun can be used between "trot" and "out." Our parents trotted us out in our matching sweaters so all the relatives could have a good look. They've been trotting out the same line about consumer choices for years now, refusing to acknowledge the harmful effects their product has on people's health. My grandfather always trots his photo album out whenever we visit.See also: out, trottrot someone or something outto bring out and display someone or something. The boss trotted the new vice president out for us to meet. The boss trotted out his daughter and introduced her as a new vice president. Fred trotted out his favorite project for everyone to see.See also: out, trottrot something outFig. to mention something regularly or habitually, without giving it much thought. (Fig. on the image of trotting out a pony for display.) When James disagreed with Mary, she simply trotted her same old political arguments out. Bob always trots out the same excuses for being late.See also: out, trottrot outBring out and show for inspection and admiration, as in He trotted out all his old war medals. This expression alludes to leading out a horse to show off its various paces, including the trot. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s] See also: out, trottrot outv. To bring out and show something or someone for inspection or admiration: The company trotted out a celebrity to endorse their product. Once politicians discover a topic the public responds to, they trot it out every election year.See also: out, trotTropovskii, Lev Tropovskii, Lev Naumovich Born Feb. 12 (24), 1885, in Kremenchug; died Oct. 26, 1944, in Moscow. Soviet bibliographer and specialist in library science. Member of the CPSU from 1920. In 1923, Tropovskii became head of the department of bibliography of the Central Committee of the Republic for Political Education (Glavpolitprosvet). In 1930 he became director of the Bibliographic Institute of the Association of State Book and Magazine Publishing Houses (OGIZ), which became the Critical-Bibliographical Institute in 1931. Beginning in 1932 he worked at the Scientific Research Institute of Library Science and Recommended Bibliography and served as head of the sub-department of bibliography at the Moscow Library Institute. In his theoretical works and in speeches at bibliographical congresses and conferences, Tropovskii put forward important propositions on the party spirit of bibliography, on its significance in building socialism, and on the role of recommended bibliography. He established the need to create a nationwide library and bibliographical system of classification, and in 1934 he proposed a plan for a radical revision of the Universal Decimal Classification for public libraries. The plan was approved, and five editions of Tropovskii’s Tables were published between 1938 and 1946. REFERENCEL. N. Tropovskii. Moscow, 1948.trot out
Related to trot out: out of commission, at first glance, at least, touch baseWords related to trot outverb bring out and show for inspection and admirationRelated Words- bring out
- reveal
- uncover
- unveil
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