creep up on/behindsomeone
phrasal verbwithcreepverb[Iusually+ adv/prep]uk/kriːp/us/kriːp/crept|crept
tosurprisesomeone andmovecloserto them without beingseenorheard:
Don'tcreepup on me like that!
Wecreptup behind her andyelled"Boo!"
Surprising and shocking
- amaze
- amazing
- amazingly
- astonish
- astonishing
- blinding
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- earth-shatteringly
- earthshakingly
- expectation
- overtake
- shocking
- springsomethingonsomeone
- stagger
- staggering
- staggeringly
- startle
- stun
- thunderbolt