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What is a coattail?

What is a coattail? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.
  2. (plural) Success of a figure, organization or movement that transfers to those who associate with it.
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Another factor reflects a coattail effect from presidential voting in the state, which is also not applicable in a midterm or special election, when there is no presidential race.
They raised and spent about the same money, matched endorsements coattail for coattail, and got an equal amount of publicity.
It is a fact, however, that buyers of the non-voting shares are well informed about the absence of a coattail provision.
He moved off, his coattail bobbing oddly about his hips and his back bowed.
Taylor began work on his own album more than a year ago and plans to tour the UK in the spring as Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders.
Only the weight of the lumps of metal dangling in his coattail pocket kept him from collapsing.

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