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coat-tails 

A parasitic person who claims other's social, political or military success as their own
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton played coat-tails to each other.
coat-tails by Uncle Dimma June 25, 2017

coat-tails 

New offensive term for a parasitic person who rides your coat tails and claims your hard work as their own
Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama were coat-tails to each other, Barack Obama continued Hillary Clinton's failed foreign policy 2012-16, and she ran for president in 2016, only to try and continue his failed social policies
coat-tails by Uncle Dimma July 16, 2016

coat-tails 

A parasitic person who claims other's social, political or military success as their own
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton played coat-tails to each other.
coat-tails by Uncle Dimma April 24, 2021

Covid Coat-tails 

Claiming you have had COVID-19 based on being around or in close contact with a person who’s had COVID-19 to reap the financial and emotional benefits.
Oh Steven? His wife Sally had COVID-19... he’s just riding her covid coat-tails to try to make her buy him things and feel for him. He’s a douche

Juss flappin' yer coat-tails 

In other words, juss sassin' ya. Comes from da playful-but-annoying practice of coming up behind someone who's wearing a long jacket with a divided lower back, grabbing da jacket just above da slit, and then vigorously/rapidly yanking da lower part of da jacket in and out to make da pair of tails slap against da person's butt.
Me: If yer too warm, why doncha go take a dip in da ocean?
You: Jump in da ocean??? Are you crazy??? It's chilly and whitecaps-windy out there!
Me: I know, I know... juss flappin' yer coat-tails...! :D

Riding Coat Tail 

To sponge, mooch, free load, skate by, or do absolutely nothing but watch while somebody else does all the work and still somehow try to take at least partial credit for something you had no hand in. The act most likely originated back in Tallahassee in Apt# D9 and then fully cultivated to a personality trait on Calcutta Street.
Anticipating good times to be had for all, Kevin put down the Nintendo and was observed "Riding Coat Tail" all the way to Michelangelo's.
Riding Coat Tail by Ben December 30, 2004