cheat
verb (used with object)
to defraud; swindle.
had been cheating
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past perfect progressiveof cheat.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Flowers wrote the lyrics when he was about 20, after discovering his girlfriend had been cheating on him.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
That followed the discovery due to a whistleblower that Daihatsu Motor Corp. had been cheating on its testing for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Madix, 37, found out Sandoval, 39, had been cheating on her on March 1, when, according to People, she was at a venue watching her beau’s band perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
De La Cruz testified that she suspected Hernandez had been cheating on her with his ex-wife, both during and before their current marriage.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
Of course, it had been cheating when I’d done it too, but I preferred not to dwell on that fact.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
