How to Use cheat on in a Sentence

cheat on

phrasal verb
  • The goal was to give the IRS the resources to enforce the law against those most prone to cheat on their taxes — the rich.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Is that a smooth creative sleight of hand, or is the movie cheating on us?
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
  • John Duarte wants to let the rich continue to cheat on their taxes.
    Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Rylee wasn’t the first time Harry has been accused of cheating on Jess.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 17 June 2024
  • It’s bound to be a godsend for kids looking to cheat on their math homework.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 June 2024
  • In the book, Britney roasts him like a s’more, accusing him of cheating on her.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • If you've been cheated on it really might be about them, not you.
    Mark Shrayber, Health, 30 June 2023
  • My dogs have never lied to me, cheated on me or tried to seduce my late husband.
    Tara Parker-Pope, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • During that time, my dad [Ozzy] had just cheated on my mother [Sharon].
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The girls weren’t butterflies, but if the boyfriends cheated on them, they were called butterflies.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 3 July 2024
  • People make a big issue out of taxes, people cheat on their taxes all the time.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 6 July 2023
  • And in the course of Chandler pouring his heart out, he was set to cheat on Monica with Cash's character.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Parents paid Singer to bribe college officials and to find ways to cheat on the tests, boosting their children's scores.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Also during that run, the news broke that Law had been cheating on Miller with his children’s nanny.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 28 June 2024
  • It was used by millions of married people who were looking to cheat on their partners.
    Lexi Carson, Variety, 16 May 2024
  • Bertha doesn’t think George cheated on her with Turner, that would be the more traditional fight.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • His messy family life was broadcast to the world for two years, including that his wife was cheating on him.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Last weekend our daughter told us that Danny has cheated on her.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Emma Stone, Gosling’s out here cheating on you with other onscreen wives.
    Vulture, 9 June 2023
  • The other shocking revelation is her claim that one of her ex-partners cheated on her in her own house.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2023
  • After fans watched Aaron, 26, seemingly cheat on Kaylor, 22, on the last day in Casa Amor and fail to be upfront about his actions, her mom had some choice words for him.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024
  • Lang infamously cheated on Twain with close friend Marie-Anne Thiébaud.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 May 2024
  • Anyone who's been lied to or cheated on can relate to feeling embarrassed, ashamed, confused, and all the emotions that come with it.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 29 June 2023
  • Ryan attempted to address the elephant in the room and opened up about his past and his reputation for cheating on his partners.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The seed was planted in his head by Hale himself, who told anybody who would listen to him that [Roan’s] wife was cheating on him with another man.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Kris Jenner has some regrets, but the biggest one is cheating on the father of her four children, Robert Kardashian.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Ashley Madison was first launched in 2001 as a dating website for people looking to cheat on their spouses.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 July 2023
  • Reports that Thompson cheated on Kardashian with Woods at a party first emerged in 2019.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2023
  • Paul had cheated on me three years prior, and seeing the woman’s toiletries triggered memories of that time.
    Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Other seekers at the commune steal Anna’s clothes, cheat on their partners, and neglect their children.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023

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