to consider the effect something or someone will have:
To trot out someone
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to provide an excuse, idea, opinion, or fact, especially one that has been used often before or one that is silly:
To trot out someone meaning & definition 1 of To trot out someone.
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to send someone to represent or defend your idea or opinion in public, in a boring and familiar way:
To trot out someone meaning & definition 2 of To trot out someone.
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