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trot sb out phrasal verb
phrasal verb [M often passive] disapproving
Definition
to send someone to represent or defend your idea or opinion in public, in a boring and familiar way
Whenever the President is in difficulties, her spokesman is trotted out to face the press.
(Definition of trot sb out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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