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cheated on

cheated on is the simple past and past participle of cheat on.

Meaning of cheat on

Verb

cheat on (third-person singular simple present cheats on, present participle cheating on, simple past and past participle cheated on)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cheat, on.
    • I was disqualified for cheating on my final exam.
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic, transitive) To be unfaithful to, especially in a romantic relationship.
    • Six years of a happy relationship, and then she had the nerve to cheat on me with a barman!

Questions about cheated on

What is cheated on the simple past and past participle of?
Cheated on is the simple past and past participle of cheat on.

Words near cheated on in the dictionary

  1. cheatcode
  2. cheatcodes
  3. cheated
  4. cheated death
  5. cheated fate
  6. cheated on
  7. cheated out
  8. cheated out of
  9. cheated the pocket
  10. cheatee
  11. cheatees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheated on (page history and authors); cheat on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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