cahoot

[kuh-hoot] /kəˈhut/
Idioms, Informal.
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,
  1. in partnership; in league.
  2. in conspiracy:
    in cahoots with the enemy.
Origin
1820-30, Americanism; perhaps < French cahute cabin, hut, equivalent to ca(bane) cabin + hutte hut
Examples from the web for cahoots
  • So it would be a bit odd if he was in cahoots with the government to squash the new paper.
  • Alex was said to be in cahoots with a lot of middle infielders.
  • In fact, in my mind the drawer and the garbage can are sort of working in cahoots with one another.
  • Please do your part to keep the people and the elected government in cahoots.
  • So that's why it is said that the insurance companies and the lawyers are in cahoots.
British Dictionary definitions for cahoots

cahoots

/kəˈhuːts/
plural noun (sometimes sing) (informal)
1.
(US) partnership; league (esp in the phrases go in cahoots with, go cahoot)
2.
in cahoots, in collusion
Word Origin
C19: of uncertain origin
Word Origin and History for cahoots
n.

1829, American English, of unknown origin; said to be perhaps from French cahute "cabin, hut" (12c.), but U.S. sources credit it to French cohorte (see cohort), a word said to have been in use in the U.S. South and West with a sense of "companions, confederates."

cahoot

see cahoots.

Slang definitions & phrases for cahoots

cahoots

Related Terms

in cahoots


Idioms and Phrases with cahoots

cahoots

see under in league with