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creep up

vb. (context intransitive English) To advance or increase with stealth, unnoticed (literally or figuratively).

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creep up

v. advance stealthily or unnoticed; "Age creeps up on you" [syn: sneak up]

Usage examples of "creep up".

Our dark skins will be an asset in scouting, our knowledge of the jungle wfll enable us to go where your men could never penetrate, and our habit of secrecy in movement will allow us to creep up upon our opponents and kill them silently, while their companions sit ten yards away.