trot sth out
disapproving— phrasal verb with trot uk/trɒt/us/trɑːt/verb -tt-
to provide an excuse, idea, opinion, or fact, especially one that has been used often before or one that is silly:
You trot out that argument whenever I try to discuss this with you.
Whenever I ask him why his work is late, he just trots out the same old excuses.
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Saying again
- circle
- drum
- echo
- flog
- flog sth to death idiom
- go/run around in circles idiom
- go/run round in circles idiom
- inculcate
- labour the point idiom
- not hear the end/last of sth idiom
- parrot-fashion
- rake
- recapitulate
- regurgitate
- rehash
- repetitive
- retweet
- tautology
- trot
- wheel
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