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coattailed

coattailed is the simple past and past participle of coattail.

Meaning of coattail

Verb

coattail (third-person singular simple present coattails, present participle coattailing, simple past and past participle coattailed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To ride the coattails of.
    • It wasn't like I just coattailed the auditor's work. Based on the names on the time cards, I was able to conduct interviews with the employees whose labor was mischarged, and they told me which contracts they had actually worked on.2014, Charles E. Piper, Investigator and Fraud Fighter Guidebook: Operation War Stories, page 139

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Adjective

coattailed (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having or wearing a coattail.

Questions about coattailed

What does coattailed mean?
Coattailed means having or wearing a coattail.
What is coattailed the simple past and past participle of?
Coattailed is the simple past and past participle of coattail.
What part of speech is coattailed?
Coattailed is an adjective.

Words near coattailed in the dictionary

  1. coatstand
  2. coatstands
  3. coattail
  4. coattail effect
  5. coattail effects
  6. coattailed
  7. coattailing
  8. coattails
  9. coattend
  10. coattended
  11. coattending

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