Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on one's coattails

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: on one's -coat-tails
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

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immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from

Example Sentences

"the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal"
"he was elected on his predecessor's coattails"

Synonyms

on the coattails

Questions

What does on one's coattails mean?: immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from

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