step out on

step out on
   to deceive (a regular sexual partner) by having a sexual relationship with another
   Of either sex:
    Do you think Haveabud and your mother had a sexual relationship? Do you think I ever stepped out on her? (A. Beattie, 1989)
   To step out with someone, or to step out together is to be courting:
    Before long they were stepping out together and although Thea was strictly chaperoned, they had soon become very close. (M. Clark, 1991)

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