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coattailing

coattailing is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about coattailing

What is coattailing the present participle and gerund of?
Coattailing is the present participle and gerund of coattail.

Words near coattailing in the dictionary

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

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