cheat on
phrasal 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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Who better to respond to a corporate cheating scandal than the ex-wife of the frontman of the band that was playing a show when the company's CEO was seemingly caught cheating on his wife with the head of HR on the concert kiss-cam?
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 July 2025
Scheana recently announced that before season 11 of Vanderpump started filming that Brock cheated on her.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
Belly was proposed behind a hospital after her brother’s accident, after finding out that Jeremiah cheated on her twice and without a ring.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 24 July 2025
Shay’s husband, Brock Davies, confessed to having an affair about a month after Tom Sandoval was outed for cheating on Ariana Madix with Madix and Shay’s best friend, Rachel Leviss.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 July 2025
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 July 2025
Scheana recently announced that before season 11 of Vanderpump started filming that Brock cheated on her.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
Belly was proposed behind a hospital after her brother’s accident, after finding out that Jeremiah cheated on her twice and without a ring.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 24 July 2025
Shay’s husband, Brock Davies, confessed to having an affair about a month after Tom Sandoval was outed for cheating on Ariana Madix with Madix and Shay’s best friend, Rachel Leviss.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 July 2025
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“Cheat on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheat%20on. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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