COATTAILS EFFECT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same party
   Usage Example(s)
   • he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election
   Hypernyms(s) coattails effect is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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