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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cheat out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To face or turn toward the audience more than would be natural, for instance in a staged conversation.
    • In stage acting, we are frequently asked to cheat out to the audience by opening up our body positions so that we are something halfway between facing them and our partner. 2015, Robert Barton, Acting: Onstage and Off, page 184:

Forms

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cheating out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheats out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cheated out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheated out Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

cheat out of

Synonyms

open up