Though five years apart in age, the two siblings are often in cahoots [kəˈhuts] when it comes to making mischief.

cahoots
plural [kəˈhuts]

Cahoots is an informal word that is usually used in the phrase “in cahoots” to describe a partnership or alliance for making or implementing secret plans.

Cahoots is used almost exclusively in the phrase “in cahoots,” which means “in an alliance or partnership.” In most contexts, cahoots describes the conspiring activity of people up to no good.

The word’s origins are obscure, but it may come from the French word cahute, meaning “cabin” or “hut,”

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