to trot out

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to trot out - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trot \Trot\, v. t.
     To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace
     called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or
     cantering.
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     To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his
        paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition.
        [Slang.]
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