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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024coat•tail /ˈkoʊtˌteɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothingone of the two tails on the back of a man's dress coat or jacket.
adj. [before a noun] - gained by association with another:one of the coattail benefits of joining the union.
Idioms- Idioms on someone's coattails, aided by association with another:elected to office on the President's coattails.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024coat•tail (kōt′tāl′),USA pronunciation n. - Clothingthe back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- Clothingone of the two back parts of the skirt of a coat, esp. one of the tails on a tail coat.
- Idioms on someone's coattails, aided by association with another person:The senator rode into office on the President's coattails.
- Idioms on the coattails of, immediately after or as a result of:His decline in popularity followed on the coattails of the scandal.
adj. - gained by association with another, esp. with a successful or celebrated person:coattail benefits.^n.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: coat-tail n - the long tapering tails at the back of a man's tailed coat
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