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coat⋅tail
[koht-teyl] 
–noun
| 1. | the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket. |
| 2. | one of the two back parts of the skirt of a coat, esp. one of the tails on a tail coat. |
–adjective
—Idioms| 3. | gained by association with another, esp. with a successful or celebrated person: coattail benefits. |
| 4. | on someone's coattails, aided by association with another person: The senator rode into office on the President's coattails. |
| 5. | on the coattails of, immediately after or as a result of: His decline in popularity followed on the coattails of the scandal. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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coattails
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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