creep up onsomeone
phrasal verbwithcreepverb[Iusually+ adv/prep]uk/kriːp/us/kriːp/crept|crept
If afeelingorstatecreepsup on you, youstarttoexperienceit sograduallythat you do notrealizeit:
It was only after Iturned60 thatoldagebegantocreepup on me.
Experiencing and suffering
- (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die ofsomethingidiom
- be a martyr tosomethingidiom
- be a victim ofyourown successidiom
- bear
- count
- get the short end of the stickidiom
- go through
- grip
- hands-on
- hitsomeonewheretheyliveidiom
- horse
- ride
- seat-of-the-pants
- see lifeidiom
- stricken
- survive
- taste