creep up on sb
— phrasal verb with creep uk/kriːp/us/kriːp/verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] crept, crept
If a feeling or state creeps up on you, you start to experience it so gradually that you do not realize it:
It was only after I turned 60 that old age began to creep up on me.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experiencing and suffering
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die of sth idiom
- be a martyr to sth idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- be devoured by sth idiom
- get the short end of the stick idiom
- go through sth
- grip
- hands-on
- hold
- hold on
- ride
- run into sth
- sample
- seat
- sense
- underwent
- ups and downs
- writhe
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