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creep up

VERB

approach

Synonyms

STRONGEST

come contact match meet near reach surround threaten

STRONG

advance approximate bear border buzz converge equal impend progress resemble

WEAK

be comparable to be like belly up to catch up close in come at come close compare with correspond to draw near gain on go toward loom up move in on move toward take after verge upon

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avoid depart go leave miss

STRONG

decrease retreat retrogress stop

WEAK

distance go away

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Instead, costs creep up quietly across everyday purchases, from cars and electronics to food and home repairs.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

However, the prices index continued to creep up, now 0.2 percentage point above its 12-month seasonally adjusted average of 66.4, Miller said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

From salmon out of Scotland to shrimp from Southeast Asia, vendors say they’re watching costs creep up and options narrow.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2025

That’s when we’d creep up a second time, with Logan now brandishing a spear like some character out of Moby Dick.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

The sled began to creep up on the dogs and as it did, it lost steering and turned sideways and rolled over.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

creep up

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