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Collocations for creep - verb

ADV.

quietly | slowly | stealthily | about, around, back, in, out, up
I could hear someone creeping around downstairs. | He crept up behind me.

PREP.

along
He crept stealthily along the corridor.
down, into
(figurative) Suspicion crept into her voice.
over
(figurative) A feeling of dread crept over him.
out of, up on
The cat quietly crept up on the pigeon. | (figurative) Fatigue was creeping up on her.

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