creep up

• فعل مركب يدل على الاقتراب من شخص أو شيء ببطء وتسلل وخِفية، أو على حدوث شيء ما (كشعور أو موعد) شيئًا فشيئًا حتى يصبح ملحوظًا أو واقعًا.

A phrasal verb used to indicate approaching someone or something slowly and stealthily, or for something (like a feeling or deadline) to gradually become noticeable or arrive.

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1. Approach stealthilyinformal

   To move closer to someone or something slowly and quietly, often to avoid being noticed.

   التسلل نحو

   • The cat crept up on the bird.
   • He crept up behind her and surprised her.
   • The thief crept up to the window.

   المرادفاتprowlskulksneak up

2. Increase graduallyinformal

   To increase or develop slowly and often unnoticed.

   الزيادة التدريجية

   • Inflation has been creeping up over the last few months.
   • The cost of living keeps creeping up.
   • A feeling of dread crept up on him as he read the news.

   المرادفاتclimbedge upescalategrowmountsneak up

الفعل الأساسيcreep