sneak up

English

Verb

sneak up (third-person singular simple present sneaks up, present participle sneaking up, simple past and past participle sneaked up or (chiefly US, informal) snuck up)

To approach a person or animal without being seen or heard
If you sneak up from behind like that, you'll give me a heart attack!

Alternative forms

sneak up on

Translations

to sneak up on

Cherokee: ᎦᏃᎵ (ganoli)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 偷偷走近
German: sich anschleichen
Latin: obrēpō, subeō
Polish: skradać się (pl)
Ukrainian: підкрадатися (pidkradatysja)

Anagrams

seapunk, unspeak

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