trot

trot someone or something out

to 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

trot something out

Fig. 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

trot after someone

to follow along after someone, as done by a small dog. The puppy trotted along after the kids wherever they went. My little brother would always come trotting after us, annoying us a lot.

See also: after

trot along

to step along in a lively fashion. The horses trotted along in time with the music. The horses were trotting along, going exactly where we led them.

See also: along

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hot-to-trot  (American very informal!)

sexually exciting or sexually excited He used to buy her hot-to-trot underwear and little red lycra numbers with plunging necklines.

on the trot  (British & Australian)

1. if you do several things on the trot, you do them one after the other It's been a good year for Britain's top player, who has won seven matches on the trot.

2. if you do something for a number of days, hours, years etc. on the trot, you do it for that amount of time without stopping He'd worked 48 hours on the trot and was totally exhausted.

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hot to trot (rude)

1. sexually exciting or sexually excited He met a woman who he said was hot to trot.

2. eager to begin something When asked about the band's recording plans, Weir said he was hot to trot, but everyone else wanted to wait.

See also: hot

trot out somebody/something also trot somebody/something out

to bring someone or something to the attention of others, so they can see or admire it The military trotted out all their experts to testify for the new weapons system. She trotted her espresso machine out this morning and made us all coffee.

See also: out