WordNet
on the coattails
adv. immediately following or undeservedly benefiting from; "the CEO resigned on the coattails of the scandal"; "he was elected on his predecessor's coattails" [syn: one one's coattails]
Usage examples of "on the coattails".
And Dominica intended to vault herself to fame and fortune on the coattails of their murderous partnership.
His rival, Stephen Piccolomini, had won the presidency riding on the coattails of the retiring incumbent, but he had not rolled up the expected landslide.
And now here he was stuck on the coattails of an irascible and ungrateful Kha-gggun who had become the new Star-Admiral through nothing more mysterious than the sheer force of his belligerence and vindictive nature.