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screwed around

verb

past tense of screw around

as in cheated

to be sexually unfaithful he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around

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The rest of us just got the surface, but who could feel cheated?

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Child safety advocates and some parents have welcomed age restrictions, while privacy groups say the rules can be cheated and that forcing users to supply identification raises privacy concerns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

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