RIDE HIS COATTAILS

Meaning of RIDE HIS COATTAILS in English

depend on his success, use his success

My dad was a great doctor, but I don't want to ride his coattails.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

RIDE HIS COATTAILS — depend on his success, use his success My dad was a great doctor, but I don't want to ride his …
English Idioms vocab
RIDE — I. ˈrīd verb ( rode ˈrōd ; or chiefly dialect rid ˈrid ; or rade ˈrād ; rid·den ˈrid ə …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIS — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, gen. of hē he — more at he obsolete possessive of he I …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIDE — /ruyd/ , v. , rode or ( Archaic ) rid; ridden or ( Archaic ) rid; riding; n. v.i. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDE — I. ˈrīd verb ( rode ˈrōd ; or chiefly dialect rid ˈrid ; rid·den ˈri-d ə n ; or chiefly …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIDE — noun a saddle horse. 2. ride ·vt to manage insolently at will; to domineer over. 3. ride ·vt to convey, …
Webster English vocab
RIDE — [ride] vb rode or chiefly dial rid ; rid.den or chiefly dial rid or rode ; rid.ing [ME, fr. OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIDE — / raɪd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( rode / rəʊd; NAmE roʊd/ rid·den / ˈrɪdn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIDE — I. ride 1 S2 W2 /raɪd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense rode /rəʊd $ roʊd/, past participle ridden /ˈrɪdn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COATTAILS — coat ‧ tails /ˈkəʊt-teɪlz $ ˈkoʊt-/ BrE AmE noun [plural] 1 . if you achieve something on someone’s coattails, you …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIDE — v. & n. --v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1 tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIDE — v. & n. v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1 tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIDE — v. & n. --v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1. tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or …
Oxford English vocab
RIDE — ( rides, riding, rode, ridden) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COATTAILS — see coat-tails
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COATTAILS — see coat-tails
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RIDE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIS — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES betray his presence ▪ The slightest sound might betray his presence . craned his neck …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COATTAILS — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Alarcon rose to power on Bucaram's coattails . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In Alderman …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIDE — [verb] [past simple] rode, [past participle] ridden - to sit on (a horse or a bicycle) and travel along on …
Cambridge English vocab
RIDE — Synonyms and related words : Sunday drive, abut on, aggravate, airing, annoy, auto, badger, bait, bamboozle, banter, be at, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIDE — See: ALONG FOR THE RIDE, LET RIDE, RUN WITH HARE AND HUNT (RIDE) WITH THE HOUNDS, TAKE FOR A RIDE, …
Slang English vocab
RIDE — I. noun 1 in a vehicle, on a horse, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ We have a long …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RIDE — v. 1 sit on or in, travel or journey or go or proceed on or in, be borne or carried …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RIDE — See: ALONG FOR THE RIDE, LET RIDE, RUN WITH HARE AND HUNT (RIDE) WITH THE HOUNDS, TAKE FOR A RIDE, …
Словарь английских идиом
RIDE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIDE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIDE — 1) езда; проезд 2) лесн. просека 3) плыть, идти (о судне) • ride between compartments — квартальная просека cross ride …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
RIDE — ride сущ.1) прогулка, поездка, езда (верхом, на машине, на велосипеде и т. п.) to bum, hitch, thumb a ride — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RIDE
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RIDE — 1. сущ. 1) прогулка, поездка, езда ( верхом, на машине, на велосипеде и т. п. ) to bum, hitch, thumb …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RIDE — 1. сущ. 1) прогулка, поездка, езда (верхом, на машине, на велосипеде и т. п.) to bum, hitch, thumb a ride — голосовать …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RIDE — 1. _n. 1> прогулка, поездка, езда (верхом, на машине, на велосипеде и т. п.); to go for a ride - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
RIDE — 1. n. 1. прогулка, поездка, езда (верхом, на машине, на велосипеде и т. п.); to go for a ride - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
RIDE — 1. _n. 1> прогулка, поездка, езда (верхом, на машине, на велосипеде и т.п.); to go for a ride прокатиться 2> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
COATTAILS — полит жарг "фалды" Способность популярного политического деятеля, кандидата на политический пост, "протащить у себя на фалдах" (обеспечить победу) своих сторонников. "Фалды Линдона …
COATTAILS — полит. жарг. "фалды" Способность популярного политического деятеля, кандидата на политический пост, "протащить у себя на фалдах" (обеспечить победу) своих сторонников. …
RIDE — стоять на якоре, плыть [c gray](по волнам, по небу) - ride athwart - ride easy - ride hard - ride …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
RIDE — ride n taboo sl He asked her for a ride and she slapped him Он попросил у нее, но она …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
RIDE
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRAIL ONE'S COATTAILS — phrasal see trail one's coat
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON ONE'S COATTAILS — phrasal : in a state of dependence on another for assistance a lazy man still riding on his father's coattails …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIDE ON ONE'S COATTAILS — {v. phr.} To succeed in a certain endeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another person or corporate …
Slang English vocab
ON ONE'S COATTAILS — {adv. phr.} Because of another's merits, success, or popularity. * /Bob and Jim are best friends. When Jim was invited …
Slang English vocab
RIDE ON ONE'S COATTAILS — {v. phr.} To succeed in a certain endeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another person or corporate …
Словарь английских идиом
ON ONE'S COATTAILS — {adv. phr.} Because of another's merits, success, or popularity. * /Bob and Jim are best friends. When Jim was invited …
Словарь английских идиом
RIDE ON ONE'S COATTAILS — v. phr. To succeed in a certain endeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another person or corporate …
American Idioms English vocabulary
ON ONE'S COATTAILS — adv. phr. Because of another's merits, success, or popularity. Bob and Jim are best friends. When Jim was invited to …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TRAIL ONE'S COAT — phrasal or trail one's coattails : to invite a quarrel by provoking antagonism or dissent
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COATTAILED — “+ adjective : having or wearing coattails
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COATTAIL — ˈkō(t)+ˌ- noun ( -s ) 1. : the rear flap of a man's coat 2. coattails plural : the skirts …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COATTAIL — /koht"tayl'/ , n. 1. the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket. 2. one of the two …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: OBITUARY
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: WORLD-AFFAIRS: SPECIAL REPORT
Britannica English vocabulary
PIKE, MARY HAYDEN GREEN — born Nov. 30, 1824, Eastport, Maine, U.S. died Jan. 15, 1908, Baltimore, Md. ne Mary Hayden Green, pseudonym Mary Langdon …
Britannica English vocabulary
COAT-TAILS — also coattails 1. Coat-tails are the two long pieces at the back of a tailcoat . N-PLURAL : oft poss …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COAT-TAILS — also coattails 1. Coat-tails are the two long pieces at the back of a tailcoat . N-PLURAL: oft poss N …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOOTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES armed to the teeth (= carrying a lot of weapons ) ▪ Many of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROUGH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

← RIDE HERD RIDE ME→