coat-tail

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [koht teyl]
- /koʊt teɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [koht teyl]
- /koʊt teɪl/

Definitions of coat-tail word

noun coat-tail the long tapering tails at the back of a man's tailed coat 3
noun coat-tail the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket. 1
noun coat-tail one of the two back parts of the skirt of a coat, especially one of the tails on a tail coat. 1
adjective coat-tail gained by association with another, especially with a successful or celebrated person: coattail benefits. 1
idioms coat-tail on someone's coattails, aided by association with another person: The senator rode into office on the president's coattails. 1
idioms coat-tail on the coattails of, immediately after or as a result of: His decline in popularity followed on the coattails of the scandal. 1

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Origin of coat-tail

First appearance:

before 1590

One of the 37% oldest English words

First recorded in 1590-1600; coat + tail1

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Parts of speech for Coat-tail

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Coat-tail

coat-tail popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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