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[jasonlulu_2000]

Hello,

The following is what i came across during my reading.
"Think of you studied hard for a test and students cheated off of you. You probably would feel cheated."

i know the meaning of the sentence.
but i couldn't understand why two prepositions (off of in this case) are used in this sentence.
Shall we say "cheat of sb" instead of "cheat off of sb."?

Please help me out.

Thanks .

Jasonlulu

[LucentShade]

In any expression with "off of," the "of" is extra, so you could say "cheat off someone" and the meaning will be the same.