two-timing

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two-time

(to͞o′tīm′)

tr.v. two-timed, two-tim·ing, two-times Slang

1. To be unfaithful to (a spouse or lover).

2. To deceive; double-cross.

two′-tim′er n.

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Adj.

two-timing - not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"

cheating, adulterous

unfaithful - having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was unfaithful"

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The three tough girls seek Lou out, and ask her to find and take care of a two-timing boyfriend; Which she does, decking him with the expression, "if they fall, they're guilty."

Lou is at first picked on by the town's tough girls, but when it is discovered that she has inherited her father's knockout punch, the town toughs engage her to punch out one of their two-timing boyfriends.