"step out on someone" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: steps out on someone [present, singular, third-person], stepping out on someone [participle, present], stepped out on someone [participle, past], stepped out on someone [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} step out on someone (third-person singular simple present steps out on someone, present participle stepping out on someone, simple past and past participle stepped out on someone)
  1. (slang) To cheat on someone; to be unfaithful to a lover. Tags: slang Translations (to cheat on someone; to be unfaithful to a lover): jemanden betrügen (German)

Inflected forms

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