creep up on (English, verb)
expansion: creep up on (third-person singular simple present creeps up on, present participle creeping up on, simple past and past participle crept up on)
Senses:
glosses: To sneakily arrive near someone in a position to startle them; to startle someone by creeping up behind them.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: creeps up on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: creeping up on
tags: participle
present
form: crept up on
tags: participle
past
form: crept up on
tags: past