ride on one's coattails|coattails|ride イディオム
ride on one's coattails|coattails|ride
v. phr. To succeed in a certain endeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another person or corporate body. "We will never get our Ph.D. program approved on our own," said the head of the modern dance department, "but we might succeed if we stay in the Division of Fine Arts, riding on their coattails, as it were."ride on one's coattails|coattails|ride
v. phr. To accomplish in a assertive endeavor by adhering oneself to the greater weight of addition being or accumulated body. "We will never get our Ph.D. affairs accustomed on our own," said the arch of the avant-garde ball department, "but we ability accomplish if we break in the Division of Fine Arts, benumbed on their coattails, as it were." Dictionary