creep up on

verb

Definitions

  1. To sneakily arrive near someone in a position to startle them

    To sneakily arrive near someone in a position to startle them; to startle someone by creeping up behind them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for creep up on. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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