Usually means: Gradually approach in a stealthy manner.
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  4. creep up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  6. creep up: Dictionary.com
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  8. creep up: FreeDictionary.org
  9. creep up: TheFreeDictionary.com
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Definitions from Wiktionary (creep up)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To advance or increase with stealth, unnoticed (literally or figuratively).

Similar:
sneak up, creep, undercreep, creep up on, becreep, upcreep, increep, outcreep, creep on, sneak, more...

Opposite:
recede, retreat, withdraw, back away

Phrases:
creep up on, creep up your spine, more...

Adjectives:
lean, upcast, over, overthrust, overboard, ower, overthwart, lateral, atilt, wan, overwing

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Similar:
sneak up, creep, undercreep, creep up on, becreep, upcreep, increep, outcreep, creep on, sneak, more...

Opposite:
recede, retreat, withdraw, back away

Phrases:
creep up on, creep up your spine, more...

Adjectives:
lean, upcast, over, overthrust, overboard, ower, overthwart, lateral, atilt, wan, overwing



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