slipstream
noun
[ ˈslɪpstriːm ]
• a current of air or water driven back by a revolving propeller or jet engine.
• 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"
slipstream
verb
• (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"
