verb
ADVERB
▪ quietly , silently
▪ slowly
▪ stealthily
▪ carefully , cautiously
▪ about ( esp. BrE ), around , away , back , forward , in , out , up
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I could hear someone ~ing around downstairs.
▪
He crept up behind me.
PREPOSITION
▪ along
▪
He crept stealthily along the corridor.
▪ down
▪ into ( figurative )
▪
Suspicion crept into her voice.
▪ over ( figurative )
▪
A feeling of dread crept over him.
▪ out of
▪ up on
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The cat quietly crept up on the pigeon.
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Fatigue was ~ing up on her. ( figurative )
Creep is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ blush , ↑ cat , ↑ flesh , ↑ flush , ↑ grin , ↑ hand , ↑ ivy , ↑ note , ↑ shadow , ↑ smile