'coattails' definitions:
Definition of 'coattails'
From: GCIDE
- coattails \coattails\ n. pl. [fig.] the influence of another person; the effect of association with another person; as, he was elected to office on the president's coattails. [PJC]
- on the coattails of (a) helped by association with another person. See coattails. (b) caused by, or immediately following (an event). [PJC]