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verb · irregular · transitive · rare

trot out

trot out · trots out · trotted out · trotting out

To list or recite quicklyTo list or recite quickly.

» This lawyer is going to trot out every bad thing I've ever done.

Meaning

2 senses

(idiomatic, transitive)To list or recite quickly.
To bring something forward in order to display or use it.

More definitions

bring out and show for inspection and admiration

Examples

1 sentences

This lawyer is going to trot out every bad thing I've ever done.
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Forms

trots out, trotting out, trotted out, trotted out

Base form	trot out · to trot out
3rd person singular	trots out
Present participle	trotting out
Past simple	trotted out
Past participle	trotted out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	trot out
he, she, it	trots out

Past simpleLesson

all persons

trotted out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have trotted out
he, she, it	has trotted out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will trot out

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

tropicalB1 troposphere trot troubadour troubleA2 troublemaker

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