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crept up on

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

Meaning of creep up on

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To sneakily arrive near someone in a position to startle them; to startle someone by creeping up behind them.

Questions about crept up on

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

Words near crept up on in the dictionary

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

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