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ridden the coattails

ridden the coattails is the past participle of ride the coattails.

Meaning of ride the coattails

Verb

ride the coattails (third-person singular simple present rides the coattails, present participle riding the coattails, simple past rode the coattails, past participle ridden the coattails)

  1. (idiomatic) To succeed by virtue of association (with).
    • Further, some investors ride the coattails of investor giants, such as Warren Buffett, meaning they would frequently invest in the stocks Buffet invested in.2010, Robin Speziale, Lessons from the Successful Investor, page 53

Questions about ridden the coattails

What is ridden the coattails the past participle of?
Ridden the coattails is the past participle of ride the coattails.

Words near ridden the coattails in the dictionary

  1. ridden the bench
  2. ridden the boards
  3. ridden the brakes
  4. ridden the clock
  5. ridden the clutch
  6. ridden the coattails
  7. ridden the cock carousel
  8. ridden the cotton bicycle
  9. ridden the cotton horse
  10. ridden the cotton pony
  11. ridden the crest of the wave

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