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- ride coattails
ride coattails
ride somebody's coattails
also ride the coattails of somebody to use your connection with someone successful to achieve success yourself I don't think she would get promoted without riding her boss's coattails. My opponent is riding the coattails of the popular governor of Massachusetts.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Maryia | | - | Belarusian |
| Steele | | [sti:l] | |
| Barbora | | - | Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian |
| Voitsekh | | - | Medieval Slavic |
| Naoise | | NEE-sha | Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology |
| Dionysus | | die-ə-NIE-səs (English) | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |