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.
I could hear someone creeping around downstairs. | He crept up behind me.
PREP.
along
He crept stealthily along the corridor.
He crept stealthily along the corridor.
down, into
(figurative) Suspicion crept into her voice.
(figurative) Suspicion crept into her voice.
over
(figurative) A feeling of dread crept over him.
(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.
The cat quietly crept up on the pigeon. | (figurative) Fatigue was creeping up on her.