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in cahoots

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Definition of in cahoots

informal
: working together or making plans together in secret
  • I think those two are in cahoots.
—usually + with
  • He was robbed by a man who was in cahoots with the bartender.

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cahoot play cahoots

  1. : partnership, league

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