ca·hoot

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

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

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cahoots (kəˈhuːts) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
pl n
1.  (US) partnership; league (esp in the phrases go in cahoots with, go cahoot)
2.  in cahoots in collusion
 
[C19: of uncertain origin]

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Word Origin & History

cahoots
1829, Amer.Eng., said to be perhaps from Fr. cahute "cabin, hut" (12c.), but U.S. sources credit it to Fr. cohorte (see cohort), a word said to be in use in the South and West with a sense of "companions, confederates."

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Idioms & Phrases

cahoots

see under in league with.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Alex was said to be in cahoots with a lot of middle infielders.
So it would be a bit odd if he was in cahoots with the government to squash the new paper.
Please do your part to keep the people and the elected government in cahoots.
In fact, in my mind the drawer and the garbage can are sort of working in cahoots with one another.
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