cahoot

[ kuh-hoot ]
/ kəˈhut /

Idioms Informal.

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

Origin of cahoot

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

Words nearby cahoot

Idioms and Phrases with in cahoots

in cahoots

see in league with.