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in 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.

be in cahoots

to be secretly planning something together, especially something dishonest (usually + with ) There are theories that someone in the government was in cahoots with the assassin.

in cahoots (with somebody)

working secretly with someone She was in cahoots with this guy who was smuggling drugs across the border.

Usage notes: usually said about doing something dishonest

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To keep the most powerful clubs happy by virtually guaranteeing the majority of them a lion's share of football's wealth, thus stopping them setting up their own European Super League in cahoots with the TV companies. Old Firm had zero chance of joining Prem by The Mirror (London, England) HAVE The latest protests from ABP about Liverpool's bid concern emails sent from officials here to other ports including Portsmouth, but not Southampton, which it claims appeared they were in cahoots to "get one over on Southampton". CRUISE WARS; Southampton steps up its bid to block Pier Head by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Kitas has told detectives that he and Charalambous were in cahoots in an operation-gone-bad to arrest a Turkish Cypriot drugs baron. Remand extended for top cop by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)			by the name by the nape of the neck by the same token by the seat of pants by the skin of teeth by the sweat of brow by the unit by the way by the week by the year by themselves by virtue of by way of by word of mouth by yourselves bye byway C'est la vie caboodle cack-handed cadge from Caesar's wife must be above suspicion cage cage in cage up cahoots cajole cajole into cajole out of cake cake with calculate calculate into calculate on call call a halt call a halt to call a meeting call a meeting to order and call the meeting to order call a spade a spade call about Call again call around call at some place call attention to call away call back call bluff call by a name call down call for			CAHL CAHM CAHMA CAHMC CAHMCO CAHME CAHMI Cahn Cahn Cahn Cahn, Edmond Nathaniel Cahn, Sammy cahnite CAHNRS CAHO Cahokia Cahokia Cahokia Mounds Cahokia Mounds Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Cahokia Public Library District Cahokian Cahokian Cahones Cahoneys Cahonies Cahoona Cahoonas Cahoot cahoots Cahoots (disambiguation) Cahora Bassa Cahors Cahors Auto Rétro Cahors Realisation Developpement Electronique cahoun cahouns cahow cahows CAHP CAHPA CAHPC CAHPER CAHPERD CAHPI CAHPL CAHPS CAHPS CAHQ CAHR CAHRA CAHRAD CAHRC CAHRD

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