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Dictionary

coat•tail

Pronunciation: (kōt'tāl"), [key]
—n.
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.
3. on someone's coattails, aided by association with another person: The senator rode into office on the President's coattails.
4. 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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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