creep up Идиома
creep up on|creep
v. 1. To crawl towards; move along near the ground; steal cautiously towards so as not to be seen or noticed.
The mouse did not see the snake creeping up on it over the rocks. Indians were creeping up on the house through the bushes. 2. or sneak up on To come little by little; arrive slowly and unnoticed.
The woman's hair was turning gray as age crept up on her. Winter is creeping up on us little by little. The boys didn't notice the darkness creeping up on them while they were playing. Compare: COME OVER.
creep up on
creep up on Advance slowly or stealthily, as in
The cat crept up on the bird, or
Autumn is creeping up on us. This expression is recorded in slightly different form—
creep in or
creep on—from the 15th century on. One of the
Hymns to the Virgin and Christ (c. 1430) has “Now age has cropen [crept] up on me ful stille.”
creep up
1. To access addition or article boring and generally stealthily. I crept up abaft my brother and abashed him.2. To appropriate (upon one or something) gradually over time. It wasn't until I sat down that I accomplished how abundant burnout had crept up on me. The weeds accept been absolutely bit-by-bit up on the bend of the backyard over the aftermost few years.Learn more: creep, upcreep up
[for darkness] to move gradually and boring [toward addition or something]. Dusk crept up and swallowed us in darkness.Learn more: creep, up
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