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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Rachel Kirkconnell confirmed that Matt James didn’t cheat on her in an interview with TMZ.
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After the Spies, Lies and Allies trailer showed Clark and González kissing, Clark’s ex Tayler Jiminez spoke out on X (then known as Twitter) claiming that the reality star cheated on her with González.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Coi Leray, who recently announced her pregnancy, has hinted at boyfriend Trippie Redd cheating on her.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025
There is almost nothing keeping these two apart, so rote conflicts must be invented — notably a crisis around the two-thirds mark that involves a minor character, and presents a relationship speed-bump hardly potent enough to set our protagonists cheating on one another.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2025
After the Spies, Lies and Allies trailer showed Clark and González kissing, Clark’s ex Tayler Jiminez spoke out on X (then known as Twitter) claiming that the reality star cheated on her with González.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Coi Leray, who recently announced her pregnancy, has hinted at boyfriend Trippie Redd cheating on her.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025
There is almost nothing keeping these two apart, so rote conflicts must be invented — notably a crisis around the two-thirds mark that involves a minor character, and presents a relationship speed-bump hardly potent enough to set our protagonists cheating on one another.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Cheat on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheat%20on. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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