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on the coattails 
(TTS Sound)
(TTS Sound)Overview of adv on_the_coattails
The adv on the coattails has 1 sense
- on the coattails, one one's coattails -- (immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from; "the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal"; "he was elected on his predecessor's coattails")