n. 25B6; verb
they crawled under the table : CREEP, worm one's way, go on all fours, go on hands and knees, wriggle, slither, squirm, scrabble.
(informal) I'm not going to go crawling to him : GROVEL TO, ingratiate oneself with, be obsequious to, kowtow to, pander to, toady to, truckle to, bow and scrape to, dance attendance on, curry favour with, make up to, fawn on/over; informal suck up to, lick someone's boots, butter up.
the place was crawling with soldiers : BE FULL OF, overflow with, teem with, be packed with, be crowded with, be alive with, be overrun with, swarm with, be bristling with, be infested with, be thick with; informal be lousy with, be stuffed with, be jam-packed with, be chock-a-block with, be chock-full of.