The Collaborative International Dictionary
To trot out
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.
To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition.
Usage examples of "to trot out".
From the aisle he heard Roland continuing to trot out the golden oldies of his youth.
He had resisted long enough, it was time to trot out his believable lie.
It wouldn't matter what the subject of conversation happened to be, as we started back to Montparnasse in the early morning, I'd soon turn the fire hose on it, squelch it, in order to trot out my perverted dreams.
He opened his mouth to trot out another suggestion, and she forestalled him by holding up her hand.