I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sneaking admiration (= that you secretly feel, but do not show )
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I have always had a sneaking admiration for his music.
a sneaking suspicion (= a small suspicion )
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We have a sneaking suspicion they're trying to put together a deal.
sneak preview
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a sneak preview of the new fashions for autumn
sneak preview
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In this week’s show, we’ll be giving you a sneak preview of Steven Spielberg’s latest film.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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The streaming sunlight is just barely sneaking around the edges of these motel-orange drapes.
away
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It wasn't even as if she'd be able to sneak away - not with Anna.
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Jimmy began to think about how he could sneak away and make his way east.
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The boys had said nothing of their plans to their parents, before sneaking away last December 23.
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The troopers watched us as though we might sneak away while we did our preflight inspections.
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So I tossed him a road-kill, and sneaked away on the other side of the cabin.
back
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I rolled out like a ball but sneaked back in on the back seat.
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I sneaked back , into the darkness and found Doris and tried to interest myself in the dishes for a while.
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Sometimes I imagined that he'd sneaked back into the country and was leading another life.
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They played cat and mouse with the Bay, now scrambling for the outside, now sneaking back in.
in
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Perhaps they sneaked in , excited, at the back.
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Crumb managed to find out where the dancers rehearsed when they were in town and sneaked in to watch them.
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But if an intruder does sneak in , all is not necessarily lost.
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Musicians were so desperate to hear Michelangeli that they borrowed violin cases and sneaked in through the stage door.
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It was cold, too, an icy wind sneaking in through the thatch and through gaps in the mud wall.
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I felt like I had sneaked in .
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But momentum was the thing - self-doubt came sneaking in as soon as they let up.
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During the night, strikers managed to sneak in and out of the building.
off
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Their argument can reach such epic proportions that it is sometimes possible to sneak off without paying.
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Instead, Wait sneaked off the sub and went back to his quarters and changed into a uniform.
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But I still couldn't bear to see him sneaking off with some one else.
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What Peg did was to take a bed-sheet from home and sneak off with it.
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Contrary to the popular notion, the biggest threat isn't some boy hacker sneaking off with your card number.
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And consider it your duty to sneak off early from work.
out
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She must have gone to bed some time ago, else Jessie wouldn't have been able to sneak out .
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The Little Sprouts sneak out of the house with some extra veggies.
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If she'd been sneaking out at night to meet Gabriel, Veronica could have heard her - and seen them.
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The star player sneaked out of the house when he was grounded!
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I was only the caddie, so I sneaked out .
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Perhaps any attempt to sneak out would be a waste of time.
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Finally one of the internee chairmen managed to sneak out to issue a protest with the high gendarme officers across town.
through
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The Dartford Tunnel was quiet enough for him to sneak through without loss of time.
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The sort of plans we were preparing to sneak through would have provided up to half a million extra jobs.
up
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Tam had complained earlier about how he was for ever sneaking up on them and poking about while they were building the fence.
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Once they found a herd, they sneaked up to within rifle range on foot.
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They were trying to sneak up and gain entry without being seen by the shapechanger.
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Advertisements are sneaking up on you from at least three new directions.
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I imagine it would be virtually impossible to sneak up on an owl.
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There was no sneaking up on this man.
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Time had sneaked up on us and it was now December.
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Deion sneaked up behind the announcer, who was wired for sound, and doused him with ice water.
■ NOUN
glance
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She sneaked a glance while Lucy poured tea.
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Occasionally they sneak glances at the businessmen -- who look back at them in mutual amazement and fear.
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He sneaked a glance at her from beneath his brows, his head still lowered.
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Only the men would sneak glances at her, admiring the shapely figure showing in the plain uniform.
house
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That night she sneaked out of the house as usual, but this time she was carrying a case.
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The Little Sprouts sneak out of the house with some extra veggies.
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The star player sneaked out of the house when he was grounded!
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It was after midnight when he sneaked into the house .
look
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Barton sneaked another look at his copy of Penthouse.
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Babur sneaks a look at the policewoman.
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After the second last Pitman sneaked another look behind him, and this telegraphed to Brian Fletcher that all was not lost.
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Just before we left, I raised up to straighten my coat and sneaked a look at the McLaren girl.
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I sneaked a look at my medical report; slow heartbeat, low metabolism.
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I sneaked a look behind as we went off in a cloud of dust.
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The chairman sneaks a look at some of the messages on Doreen's card.
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From the fence I surveyed the area, sneaking a look to see if Shelly was lying in the window.
■ VERB
manage
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The next day I had just managed to sneak home and hide when Death arrived.
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During the night, strikers managed to sneak in and out of the building.
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Finally one of the internee chairmen managed to sneak out to issue a protest with the high gendarme officers across town.
try
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They were trying to sneak up and gain entry without being seen by the shapechanger.
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Bright white shoes and bags tried sneaking into the fashion picture last spring but never made it.
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Was this his way of paying her back for trying to sneak Kirsty down to London?
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In those days, clients tried to sneak into your office without anybody seeing them.
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Customs agents stopped Ahmed Ressam as he tried to sneak into the United States with a trunk full of explosives.
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I tried to sneak out with an open-necked shirt, but she called me back.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
have a sneaking feeling/suspicion/admiration
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The thieves sneaked in while the guard had his back turned.
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We tried to sneak off from work early.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Camille, who had sneaked in unseen to borrow the garlic-crusher, overheard this exchange and smiled.
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Deion sneaked up behind the announcer, who was wired for sound, and doused him with ice water.
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Even Mr Ratburn sneaks a laugh.
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I think it's going to sneak into each set of young people in each country.
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Instead, Wait sneaked off the sub and went back to his quarters and changed into a uniform.
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It wasn't hard to sneak a copy of the tutor's program and take it back to her room.
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The question came sneaking into her mind and, once there, it proved difficult to dislodge.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was knocked out just short, but Young quickly got the touchdown on a sneak .
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In time, the system settles down and householders and sneaks pass on genes with equal efficiency.
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Ting, a senior quarterback, capped the Riordan scoring with a pair of 1-yard sneaks.