step out on someone

phrase

To cheat on someone; to be unfaithful to a lover.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. euphemisticTo cheat on someone; to be unfaithful to a lover.

    Nikki, who is stepping out on her main squeeze Lee,

    1988 February 7, Elizabeth Pincus, “A Romp Through Lavender Land”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 7
    1 more example

    I could tell from the way she acted that night that she had never stepped out on her man.

    2020, Danesha Little, Getting Even

Translations

French tromper
  • tromperto cheat on someone; to be unfaithful to a lover
German jemanden betrügen
  • jemanden betrügento cheat on someone; to be unfaithful to a lover
Turkish aldatmak
  • aldatmakto cheat on someone; to be unfaithful to a lover
Cite this entry
APA

step out on someone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20out%20on%20someone

MLA

“step out on someone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20out%20on%20someone. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “step out on someone,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/step%20out%20on%20someone.

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