"creep" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

creep verbo

verbo + creep
Kolokacji: 5
begin to creep • come creeping • begin creeping • keep creeping • start creeping
creep + preposición
Kolokacji: 44
creep up • creep into • creep down • creep out • creep through • creep over • creep across • creep along • creep toward • ...
creep + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 38
creep forward • creep slowly • creep closer • creep away • creep silently • ...
(3) close, cautiously, carefully
Kolokacji: 3
(4) away, high, barely, low
Kolokacji: 4
(5) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
1. creep upward = wazeliniarz do góry creep upward
  • For long days now, a question had been creeping upward in her mind.
  • Carol's hand crept upward to the top of her head.
  • Did not wait for a reply, but crept upward, a step at a time.
  • Like a human fly, he crept upward in the darkness.
  • Property taxes began creeping upward in the 1990's, with an average annual increase of about 2.3 percent, according to the report.
  • Within a few years, the rolls of public hospitals are expected to start creeping upward again, for the first time since 1955.
  • He continued to watch as the sun crept upward.
  • It appears to be more of a novelty item, but the sales have crept upward.
  • Then it began to creep upward, a foot, a yard, ten yards.
  • That has not stopped people from feeling cheated when they see price tags creeping upward every month.
2. creep downward = wazeliniarz w dół creep downward
(6) stealthily, furtively
Kolokacji: 2
(8) upstairs, downstairs
Kolokacji: 2

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