Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

riding the coattails

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
rid-ing the -coat-tails
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of ride the coattails

Questions

What does riding the coattails mean?
present participle and gerund of ride the coattails

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