cheat on

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cheat on

verb cheats on · cheating on · cheated on

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cheat, on. I was disqualified for cheating on my final exam.
  2. colloquial, idiomatic, transitive To be unfaithful to, especially in a romantic relationship. Six years of a happy relationship, and then she had the nerve to cheat on me with a barman!

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verb be unfaithful to

Españolengañar, poner los cuernos, encornudar, sacar la vuelta, ser(le) infiel a
日本語不倫をする furin o suru
中文對某人不忠 /对某人不忠 duì mǒurén bùzhōng
Portuguêstrair
Françaistromper
Deutschbetrügen
Italianotradire
Românăînșela
Русскийизменя́ть izmenjátʹ, измени́ть izmenítʹ, обманывать obmanyvatʹ
العربيةخَانَ ḵāna

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@misc{cheat_on_2026,
  title = {cheat on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cheat%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}