coat-tail

noun

1. the long tapering tails at the back of a man's tailed coat
2. on someone's coat-tails
   thanks to the popularity or success of someone else

Example Sentences

What exactly is “the rear coat-tail pocket” of a “full dress suit?”

From Washington Post

The revival had a coat-tail effect for the shows that followed, significantly boosting viewership for Black-ish and helping to launch new the Jenna Fischer-Oliver Hudson comedy Splitting Up Together.

From The Guardian

Unlike Ronald Reagan in 1980 or Barack Obama in 2008, Trump didn’t have much of a “coat-tail effect” on down-ballot candidates.

From The Guardian

The “coat-tail” effect generally works down the ballot, “from the White House to the courthouse”, says Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia; but when related worries—say, the whiff of nastiness—pervade the ticket, the influence can flow both ways.

From Economist

One night, he told me, “a piece of shrapnel just missed my left arm,” while another one tore through his coat-tail, he said, “about two inches from my back.”

From Slate