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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from;
- Example: "the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal"
- Example: "he was elected on his predecessor's coattails"
[syn: on the coattails, one one's coattails]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

on the coattails
    adv 1: immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from;
           "the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal"; "he
           was elected on his predecessor's coattails" [syn: on the
           coattails, one one's coattails]