'cheat myself' is a correct and usable phrase in written English. It is typically used to refer to a situation in which one deliberately deceives oneself in order to achieve a desired outcome. For example, "I told myself I could study later, but I knew I was just trying to cheat myself out of doing it now.".
I refuse to cheat myself".
He thinks, "I am not going to cheat myself or God," and he says to the priest, "It would be no good my promising that, Father".
I still have to improve and spend more time in the gym, I never used to spend all this time in the gym, I used to cheat myself.
One respondent to Kirton's survey said: I feel that Sodexo have lied to me, have tried to cheat myself and colleagues out of redundancy packages and have created total uncertainty in many areas of my working and private life.
It represented, in moments of desperation, the possibility of finally cheating myself out of exile.
And in doing so I cheated myself out of four days of free, live snooker.
In the process of cheating on you, I have cheated myself".
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com