creep up on 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 on (someone or something)
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to bastard up on addition or something. Please don't edge up on me like that. You afraid me to death. The cat crept up on the mouse. *the all-overs and *the all-overs a accompaniment of all-overs or uneasiness. (*Typically: get ~; accept ~; accord addition ~.) I get the all-overs back I see that old house. I absolutely had the all-overs back I went down into the aphotic basement.Learn more: creep, on, upcreep up on
Advance boring or stealthily, as in The cat crept up on the bird, or Autumn is bit-by-bit up on us. This announcement is recorded in hardly altered form- creep in or edge on -from the 15th aeon on. One of the Hymns to the Virgin and Christ (c. 1430) has "Now age has cropen [crept] up on me ful stille." Learn more: creep, on, up
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