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Synonyms for on the coattails
on the coat·tails
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Princeton's WordNet
on the coattails, one one's coattailsadverb
immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from
"the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal"; "he was elected on his predecessor's coattails"
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one one's coattails
How to use on the coattails in a sentence?
I just needed to hang on his coattails, he was kicking me on today, for sure. I was trying to keep up with him and didn't want to let him get too far ahead.
Presidential candidates have coattails; congressional candidates do not, but more money may be spent on field operations.
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coattails.
Man is a natural polygamist: he always has one woman leading him by the nose, and another hanging on to his coattails.
To stand up to China, we need to develop our economy and our capacity for external defense, we can't do this by hanging on the coattails of Uncle Sam.
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