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.
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The Brit plays Katie Russo, a professor at a New England college whose husband, a fellow professor, cheats on her with a grad student.
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
And the ex-quarterback even squeezed in a joke about Hart cheating on his then-pregnant wife in Las Vegas (something Hart has admitted to).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Though, to be fair, there have been rumors that Prince Philip cheated on Queen Elizabeth before his death for years.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 May 2026
It was captured shortly after the Houston rapper publicly accused Thompson, who plays for the Dallas Mavericks, of cheating on her.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
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Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
And the ex-quarterback even squeezed in a joke about Hart cheating on his then-pregnant wife in Las Vegas (something Hart has admitted to).
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Though, to be fair, there have been rumors that Prince Philip cheated on Queen Elizabeth before his death for years.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 May 2026
It was captured shortly after the Houston rapper publicly accused Thompson, who plays for the Dallas Mavericks, of cheating on her.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Cheat on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheat%20on. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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