Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “in cahoots“ and its meaning is “colluding, conspiring partnering or collaborating with someone secretly in an illegal/dishonest activity.
Example Sentence: The Director General of Health Services (DGHS) issued yet another order on May 12 reiterating directions that doctors in Central government hospitals prescribe only generic medicines instead of branded drugs. The driving force behind these office orders is the standard trope (figurative expression) that doctors are in cahoots with the pharmaceutical industry wherein the doctor receives a kickback (bribe) for each prescription of a particular company’s drug.
This phrase is present in Spare the rod and change the law and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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