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Coattails   Listen
noun
coattails  n. pl.  (fig.) The influence of another person; the effect of association with another person; as, he was elected to office on the president's coattails.
on the coattails of
(a)
helped by association with another person. See coattails.
(b)
caused by, or immediately following (an event).





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"Coattails" Quotes from Famous Books



... were outlined in bullion, and along his garboard strake ran lines of gold braid; but strangest of all to observe was the locality where he wore what appeared to be his service stripes. Instead of being on his sleeves they were at the extreme southern exposure of his coattails; I presume an Austrian officer acquires merit by ...
— Europe Revised • Irvin S. Cobb


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