cheat on sb
informal — phrasal verb with cheat /tʃiːt/ verb [I or T]Definition
B2 If you cheat on your husband, wife, or usual sexual partner, you secretly have a sexual relationship with someone else: She found out that he'd been cheating on her.Infidelity in relationships
(Definition of cheat on sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a bit on the side idiom
- adulterer noun
- adultery noun
- affair noun (RELATIONSHIP)
- bigamy noun
- co-respondent noun
- cuckold verb
- extramarital adjective
- faithless adjective (NOT LOYAL)
- fool around/about phrasal verb (HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP)
- go off with sb phrasal verb
- mess around with sb phrasal verb
- on the side idiom
- play around phrasal verb (SEX)
- screw around phrasal verb
- step out on sb phrasal verb
- two-timer noun
- unfaithful adjective
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