cheat on

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.

Examples of cheat on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

She was engaged twice, cheated on, had an ectopic pregnancy, and had her heart played with and broken over and over. — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026

Fortune has reported that the attackers were OpenAI models that had escaped a test environment to cheat on an internal evaluation. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

After graduating from college, Felicity learns that her boyfriend Ben has been cheating on her. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Maybe that guy had cheated on his girlfriend and been kicked out of the house. — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for cheat on

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