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Cheat excessively when talking over date (3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

two-time

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'cheat' is the definition.
(I know that two-time is a more specific form of cheat)

'excessively when talking over date' is the wordplay.
'excessively when talking over' becomes 'two' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'date' becomes 'time' (period of time).
'two'+'time'='TWO-TIME'

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(Other definitions for two-time that I've seen before include "Be unfaithful to (a partner)" , "take her for a ride" , "Play away?" , "Deceive slangily - twice?" , "Betray" .)

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