English

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Etymology

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un- +‎ cheat

Verb

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uncheat (third-person singular simple present uncheats, present participle uncheating, simple past and past participle uncheated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To undo an act of cheating.
    • 1992, Barbara Probst Solomon, Smart Hearts in the City, page 330:
      Those who manage it can uncheat you and give you your inheritance.
    • 2017, Kevin Johnson, Total Devotion: 365 Days of Spending Time With Jesus:
      You can't [] uncheat on a test. Nothing can completely undo what you did—whether it's a sin or a mistake or a bit of both.
    • 2013, Sarah Pekkanen, The Best of Us, page 251:
      "Build a time machine," she'd said. "And go back, and uncheat."