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in cahoots (with someone) in cahoots (with someone)In close, often secretive or conspiratorial cooperation with someone. It turned out that the business tycoon was in cahoots with local law enforcement to have the investigation dropped. We've been in cahoots with a company overseas who can produce the product for half the price.See also: cahootsin cahoots (with someone)Rur. in conspiracy with someone; in league with someone. The mayor is in cahoots with the construction company that got the contract for the new building. Those two have been in cahoots before.See also: cahootsin cahoots with someone If one person is in cahoots another, they are working together secretly to do something, usually something dishonest. He was accused of being in cahoots with the kidnappers. Note: You can also say that two people are in cahoots. They worked in cahoots to set the whole thing up without me knowing.See also: cahoots, someonein cahoots working or conspiring together, often dishonestly; in collusion. informal In cahoots is recorded in the early 19th century, in the south and west of the USA, in the sense of ‘partnership’. The origin of cahoot is uncertain; it may come either from the French word cahute meaning ‘a hut’ or from cohort . 1998 Spectator Labour knows that. So do the Tories and that's why the two of them are in cahoots. See also: cahoots |