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

Last year, the Air Force Academy launched a broad investigation after discovering nearly 100 cadets had cheated on a weekly knowledge test. — Elise Spenner, ABC News, 9 July 2026

But after it was published in the literary magazine Granta, signs began to emerge that the story—about a cocoa farmer who cheated on his wife and then tried to kill her—may have been AI-generated. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

Nobody cheated on the other person. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 26 June 2026

Nobody cheated on the other person. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 24 June 2026

Rhymes for cheat on

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