ride the coattails

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Verb === ride the coattails (third-person singular simple present rides the coattails, present participle riding the coattails, simple past rode the coattails, past participle ridden the coattails) [with of] (idiomatic) To succeed by virtue of association (with). ==== Translations ==== === See also === friends in high places