in cahoots vs side by side

in cahoots

adj
  • colluding or conspiring together secretly 

  • collaborating (with) 

side by side

adv
  • In peace. 

  • With a common purpose. 

  • Beside or alongside one another; close to one another and abreast. 

How often have the words in cahoots and side by side occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )