Coattails
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Word Origin
- coattails (n.)
- also coat-tail, c. 1600, from coat (n.) + tail (n.). In 17c., to do something on one's own coattail meant "at one's own expense. Meaning "power of one person," especially in politics, is from 1848 (in a Congressional speech by Abraham Lincoln, in reference to Andrew Jackson); expression riding (someone's) coattails into political office is from 1949.
Example
- 1. Which may be all the more reason for regular investors to be wary of riding his coattails .
- 2. " A lot of times people can ride on the coattails of the department , " she says . "
- 3. Coattails : clothes that fit the man and the times .
- 4. So , australia 's economy and markets have ridden china 's coattails to prosperity .
- 5. Because I 'm planning a nice long ride on your coattails .