Coattails

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]