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Definition of cahoots noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cahoots

noun

/kəˈhuːts/

/kəˈhuːts/

Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally US): of unknown origin.

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Idioms

be in cahoots (with somebody)

(informal) to be planning or doing something dishonest with somebody else

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