CAHOOT Definition & Meaning

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cahoot

[ kuh-hoot ]

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Origin of cahoot¹

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

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Idioms and Phrases

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

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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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Another delight in “Mr. Throwback” is Mayeri, playing Danny’s ex-wife, Sam, who finds herself in cahoots with his big lie and enjoying having Curry bankroll her fantasies.

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Old-guard unions, in cahoots with companies, would often threaten workers with dismissal or loss of benefits if they chose an independent union.

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The criminals are suspected to have been working in cahoots with a network of “accountants, service providers and public notaries” to get the money they transferred to bank accounts in Austria, Romania and Slovakia.

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The left-leaning couple has been accused by conservatives online of spreading liberal propaganda, calling Swift a "psyop" in cahoots with the Biden administration to secure the President a second term.

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