phrasal verbphr v informalSAY/STATEto give opinions, excuses, reasons etc that you have used too many times and that do not seem sincere 重复,翻出〔老一套的观点、借口、理由等〕
Steve trotted out the same old excuses.
史蒂夫又搬出那些老套的借口。
Examples from the Corpus
trot out• It always annoys me so much the way you girlstrot it out like you're saying something so astute and revealing.• When you first trot these out, you may find that to your ears they sound artificial and contrived.