cahoot

American  

[kuh-hoot] / kəˈhut /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of cahoot

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

Example Sentences

Charges that the Panama Canal Authority is in cahoots with China have always been specious.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said he and his twin were in cahoots on this bizarre lie.

From Los Angeles Times

With no independent justice system in place, opponents of the M23 faced repression, some accused of being in cahoots with the pro-government militia.

From Barron's

The fresh-faced blond woman, with cheeks as delicate as a china doll’s, was in cahoots with a killer?

From Literature

“We’re almost all in cahoots, or unconsciously have agreed to society being this way . . . and we’ve been born into it,” she said.

From Salon