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coat-tail

Definition of coat-tail

noun

(usually coat-tails)
  • each of the flaps formed by the back of a tailcoat.

Phrases

ride (on) the coattails of

benefit from the success of (another), sometimes undeservedly:you can compete with me, but you can’t do so by riding on my coat-tails

coat-tail in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of coat-tail in the US English dictionary
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