cheat out
verb1
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Theater To face or turn toward the audience more than would be natural, for instance in a staged conversation.
- In stage acting, we are frequently asked to cheat out to the audience by opening up our body positions so that we are something halfway between facing them and our partner.2015, Robert Barton, Acting: Onstage and Off, page 184:
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