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Coattails
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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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