trot sb out
disapproving— phrasal verb with trot uk/trɒt/us/trɑːt/verb -tt-
to send someone to represent or defend your idea or opinion in public, in a boring and familiar way:
Whenever the president is in trouble, her spokesman is trotted out to face the press.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- funnel
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- shipping
- trot
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