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crept up

crept up is the simple past and past participle of creep up.

Meaning of creep up

Verb

creep up (third-person singular simple present creeps up, present participle creeping up, simple past and past participle crept up)

  1. (intransitive) To advance or increase with stealth, unnoticed (literally or figuratively).
    • The lioness has to creep up behind her prey so as not to be noticed.

Questions about crept up

What is crept up the simple past and past participle of?
Crept up is the simple past and past participle of creep up.

Words near crept up in the dictionary

  1. creps
  2. Crepses
  3. crept
  4. crept in
  5. crept out
  6. crept up
  7. crept up on
  8. crept'st
  9. creptst
  10. crepuscle
  11. crepuscles

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