Definitions for coattails

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coattails coat·tail

Spelling: [koht-teyl]

IPA: /ˈkoʊtˌteɪl/

Coattails is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 379 anagrams from letters in coattails (aacilostt).

Definitions for coattails

noun

1. the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
2. one of the two back parts of the skirt of a coat, especially one of the tails on a tail coat.

Idioms

1. on someone's coattails, aided by association with another person:
2. on the coattails of, immediately after or as a result of:

adjective

1. gained by association with another, especially with a successful or celebrated person:

Origin of coattails

First recorded in 1590-1600; coat + tail¹

Examples for coattails

He came towards them at an amble, scratching actively behind his coattails.

On the other, if he squeaks out a victory in a GOP wave year, Republicans may be skeptical that he has coattails.

The numbers will ride, as it were, on the coattails of the vision.

Morris ran to the store door and grabbed Hymie by the coattails.

They aren't eager young design students hoping to score someone's extra invitation or sneak in on a kindly editor's coattails.

Not only are they riding the coattails of men, but they are no longer even with these men.

A marriage,—yes; but Frank has only just got into coattails!

Because I left to create a name for myself–and not to ride on any of her coattails.

Anyhow, Denboro won't hang onto his coattails to hold him back.

All I ask is a block's start an' some wan holdin' th' polisman's coattails.