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cahoot

[ kuh-hoot ]



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Word History and Origins

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

Idioms
  1. go cahoots, to share equally; become partners: Also go in cahoot with, go in cahoots.

    They went cahoots in the establishment of the store.

  2. in cahoot / cahoots,
    1. in partnership; in league.
    2. in conspiracy:

      in cahoots with the enemy.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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