cheat at

cheat at (something)

To act deceptively or unfairly while completing a task or participating in a competition. My little brother cheats at every board game, so it's not much fun to play with him.
See also: cheat
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cheat at something

to use deception while competing [against someone]. They say she cheats at cards. The mob is likely to cheat at getting the contracts.
See also: cheat
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • cheat at (something)
  • cheat on
  • cheat on (someone or something)
  • be bound and determined
  • bound and determined
  • bound and determined to
  • whip the devil around the stump
  • a fine line
  • a fine line between something
  • ahead of the game
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With groups of students at MIT and Yale, he included a signing statement with the quiz: "I understand that this experiment falls under the guidelines of the MIT/Yale honor code." Students not asked to sign cheated the standard amount, but those who signed did not cheat at all.
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Age does not impact the decision to cheat, only how much, while enrollment as a graduate student reduces the likelihood a student decides to cheat at least once.
Furthermore, the frequency of cheating in universities has been found to be substantially related to the propensity to cheat at work (Lawson, 2004).
The fact that he has pleaded guilty to theft and cheat at the roulette table is unusual as these offences are difficult to prove to the standards required for criminal court."
Whose first and most recent cookbook were both called How To Cheat At Cooking?
In which Bond film does the villain try to cheat at golf?
Not only were faculty beliefs about the frequency of student cheating at their own institution lower than they should have been (on average faculty believed that 30%-40% of students cheat at least once during their academic career), but 60% of faculty believed that this percentage represented the amount of cheating in higher education at large.
I believe that approximately (%) of students cheat at least once during their academic career at this university.
"A person commits an offence if he a) cheats at gambling, or b) does anything for the purpose of enabling or assisting another person to cheat at gambling."
Students are using mobile phones to cheat at exams.
Where other books cover IT project basics, How To Cheat At It Project Management goes a step further in showing project managers how to make sure an IT project is in line with company strategic objectives, and which will deliver the best results.
The specific items read: "Many of my friends cheat at college" and "Most students cheat at MSU." The student's enjoyment of college was assigned three phrases: "I find college interesting," "I enjoy reading," and "having intellectual conversations are fun" (Cronbach Alpha of .68).