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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The sentiment echoes what many Traitors fans presumed from the moment the cast was announced: Sandoval, a man made globally famous for cheating on his longtime partner with their reality-TV co-star, wouldn’t remain in the game long enough to be worth acknowledging.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Which meant a film about giving in to your urges — to ditch your dead-end office gig, to cheat on your spouse, to run away from your weird, embarrassing parents — hit the spot.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
But everyone heard the reality star — who infamously cheated on his girlfriend of nine years, Ariana Madix, with his VPR castmate Rachel Leviss — say otherwise.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Last fall, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that a Harris County grand jury indicted five people who were allegedly involved in a scheme to help people cheat on their teacher certification exams.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Which meant a film about giving in to your urges — to ditch your dead-end office gig, to cheat on your spouse, to run away from your weird, embarrassing parents — hit the spot.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
But everyone heard the reality star — who infamously cheated on his girlfriend of nine years, Ariana Madix, with his VPR castmate Rachel Leviss — say otherwise.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Last fall, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that a Harris County grand jury indicted five people who were allegedly involved in a scheme to help people cheat on their teacher certification exams.
—Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Cheat on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheat%20on. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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