creep up

• Phrasal verb, das ein langsames, heimliches Herannahen an jemanden oder etwas bezeichnet oder dass etwas (z. B. ein Gefühl oder ein Termin) allmählich spürbar wird oder näher rückt.

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.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

1. Approach stealthilyinformal

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

   Anschleichen

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

   Synonymeprowlskulksneak up

2. Increase graduallyinformal

   To increase or develop slowly and often unnoticed.

   Allmählich zunehmen

   • 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.

   Synonymeclimbedge upescalategrowmountsneak up

Grundverbcreep