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   slipstream

   /ˈslɪpstriːm/

   noun

   • 1. a current of air or water driven back by a revolving propeller or jet engine.
   • ▪ the partial vacuum created in the wake of a moving vehicle, often used by other vehicles in a race to assist in overtaking.
   • 2. an assisting force regarded as drawing something along behind something else: "when the US economy booms, the rest of the world is pulled along in the slipstream"

   verb

   • 1. (especially in motor racing) follow closely behind another vehicle, travelling in its slipstream and awaiting an opportunity to overtake: "he then slipstreamed and overtook me again"

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