creep up

Verb

Meaning

advance stealthily or unnoticed

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sneak up close near approach closing climb up close in draw near move in on be like come close gain on come nearer closes be comparable to
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Antonyms

level lower fall avoid contract decline
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Hypernyms

advance progress go on move on pass on march on

Examples

Once my lover, now my friend; What a cruel thing to pretend. What a cunning way to condescend; Once my lover, and now my friend.Oh, you creep up like the clouds And you set my soul at ease. Then you let your love abound, And you bring me to my knees. Fiona Apple

Beginnings are sudden, but also insidious. They creep up on you sideways, they keep to the shadows, they lurk unrecognized. Then, later, they spring. Margaret Atwood

I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you. Alan Cumming

Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird! Pliny the Elder

Age creeps up on you Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

creep shot creep someone out creep to creep up on creep-resistant steel creep-shame