coattails
Example Sentences
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It became a watershed year for Republicans in North Carolina as GOP candidates rode the coattails of President Richard Nixon’s landslide victory.
From Seattle Times
Known for riding a filmmaker friend’s coattails and haunted by tragedy from his college years, Levit sees the prestige project about race in America as a make-or-break opportunity.
From Washington Post
“Riding on the coattails of generosity,” as he put it.
From Los Angeles Times
Amid an MVP-caliber season that has the Nets in contention, Durant, in an exclusive interview with The Post, scoffed at criticism that he's ridden 'coattails' to find success.
From Washington Post
“Riding coattails? That’ll never happen when I’m playing basketball. Either I’m going to step back, so you can go ahead and do your thing, or I’m going to take control.”
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
