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cahoot

[ kuh-hoot ]
/ kəˈhut /
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Idioms Informal.

go cahoots, to share equally; become partners: They went cahoots in the establishment of the store.Also go in cahoot with, go in cahoots .
in cahoot / cahoots,
  1. in partnership; in league.
  2. in conspiracy: in cahoots with the enemy.

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Origin of cahoot

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

Words nearby cahoot

Cahan, cahier, cahill, Cahokia, Cahokia Mounds, cahoot, cahoots, cahow, Cahuilla, CAI, Caiaphas
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Words related to cahoot

league, alliance, partnership, collusion
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