cahoot

[kuh-hoot]

Word History and Origins

Origin of cahoot¹

1820–30, perhaps < French cahute cabin, hut, equivalent to ca ( bane ) cabin + hutte hut

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. in cahoot / cahoots,

   1. in partnership; in league.

   2. in conspiracy.

      in cahoots with the enemy.

2. go cahoots, to share equally; become partners: Also go in cahoot with, go in cahoots

   They went cahoots in the establishment of the store.

Example Sentences

Within hours of arriving in Venice, he begins to suspect that the city itself, with its disorienting streets and shady denizens, is somehow in cahoots with his sphinxlike wife to betray him.

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Several recent scandals have suggested Morena politicians were in cahoots with organized crime.

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It seems that Martin is in cahoots with one of the other most-terrible Trump appointees, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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And I think in that trust gap, you have somebody like an RFK Jr who tries to explain it all via a grand conspiracy theory about the scientists and everybody being in cahoots.

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Is he going home at night feeling guilty and wondering, “Am I in cahoots with criminals? I guess I am.”

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