cheat out en · VERB
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |