creep up

/krip əp/
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Other forms: crept up; creeping up; creeps up; creeped up

Definitions of creep up
  1. verb
    advance stealthily or unnoticed
    “Age creeps up on you”
    synonyms: sneak up
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    type of:
    advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
    move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
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