cheat on
phrasal verb
cheated on; cheating on; cheats on
informal
: to break a promise made to (someone, such as one's wife or husband) by having sex with someone else
He cheated on his wife/girlfriend.
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For the entire first season of Apple TV+’s Your Friends & Neighbors, the former hedge fund manager has fought to keep his head above water after getting cheated on, divorced and then unceremoniously fired.
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
Internet users have praised a teacher's unconventional way of preventing students from cheating on a test, all with the help of ChatGPT.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Since their split, the show mostly centers around one-on-one interviews with celebrities ready to confess their plastic-surgery history, as with Megan Fox, or getting cheated on, in the case of Hunter Schafer.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 28 May 2025
Diddy trial: Cassie testifies about Michael B. Jordan relationship
Did Cassie Ventura cheat on Diddy with Chris Brown?
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
Internet users have praised a teacher's unconventional way of preventing students from cheating on a test, all with the help of ChatGPT.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Since their split, the show mostly centers around one-on-one interviews with celebrities ready to confess their plastic-surgery history, as with Megan Fox, or getting cheated on, in the case of Hunter Schafer.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 28 May 2025
Diddy trial: Cassie testifies about Michael B. Jordan relationship
Did Cassie Ventura cheat on Diddy with Chris Brown?
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for cheat on
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“Cheat on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheat%20on. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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