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How to pronounce coattail in English?

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Type of flap

Examples of coattail

coattail
Nevertheless, Nixon can point to considerable coattail strength of his own.
From the time.com
The coattail effect could explain this for now, but it won't work forever.
From the online.wsj.com
Romney faces another test of coattail strength in a second special election for the legislature.
From the time.com
Last week Michigan's Governor George Romney demonstrated once again his powers of coattail propulsion.
From the time.com
Notice how many people these days open doors at public places with a Kleenex, a sleeve or a coattail.
From the newsobserver.com
But Gingrich's not the only one with coattail concerns.
From the guardian.co.uk
There's going to be a lot of people pulling at your coattail.
From the sacbee.com
But those coattail dreams faded as Obama's lead over GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney shriveled.
From the bostonherald.com
Sorry, but Osgood's erratic play and coattail-hanging career isn't worthy of entering Toronto's illustrious hockey walls.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • The loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist
  • The coattail effect is the tendency for a popular political party leader to attract votes for other candidates of the same party in an election. ...
  • To 'coat-tail' is to mimic the bets of another player who is on a winning streak
  • Bet the same numbers as someone who is winning at the moment.