creep up on

Meaning

1. 1

   creep up on sb

   to move slowly nearer to sb, usually from behind, without being seen or heard

   Don't creep up on me like that!

2. 2

   creep up on sb

   to begin to affect sb, especially before they realize it

   Tiredness can easily creep up on you while you're driving.

In the movies · 6

• You feel it coming. It creeps up on you, close in your ear,Ford v Ferrari2019
• I fancy it just crept up on me.Living2022
• laughs They ll creep up on you I d be carefulEnchanted2007
• You creep up on me like that, you little vagrant. What do you want?Whatever Works2009
• Maybe I can creep up.O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000
• I wasn't creeping up on ya.The Banshees of Inisherin2022
• We're creeping up fast.Unstoppable2010
• When the linebackers are creeping up to blitzThe Game Plan2007

Learn it in full scenes

• Whatever Works2009
  • Boris Breaks the Fourth Wall
  • Boris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
  • Boris Takes Melodie In

From the same entry

• make your flesh creep
• creep in
• creep out
• creep up
• give the creeps