verb
advance stealthily or unnoticed (Freq. 1)
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Age creeps up on you
• Syn: ↑sneak up
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Something is ——ing PP
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ˌcreep ˈup [intransitive] [he/she/it creeps up present participle creeping up past tense crept up past participle crept up] phrasal verb
to gradually become larger in number or amount
The sales figures keep creeping up.
The number of missing people has crept up to 40.
Thesaurus: to increase, or to increase somethingsynonym
Main entry: creep
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ˌcreep ˈup derived
to gradually increase in amount, price, etc
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House prices are creeping up again.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.