CREPT UP Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

crept up

verb

past tense of creep up

as in sneaked up

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After only forcing 10 turnovers in the Game 1 loss, Atlanta has turned up its pressure and that's led to easy points off its opponents miscues.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Throughout the 1970s, Skerritt turned up in a number of big screen comedies, dramas and even a landmark sci-fi film.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of turned up

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Over 7 million people were eligible to vote, and tens of thousands reportedly arrived from overseas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Police 22-year-old Hampton fled the scene before officers arrived, but was located, arrested and charged with murder later that day.

— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

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Instacart, meanwhile, reached the pinnacle of its success during the Covid-19 pandemic, when lockdowns sent millions of consumers to their phones to order up groceries.

— Rob Wile, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
The short sortie—which lasted about a mile and reached only about 70 feet in altitude—made the 320-foot-wide behemoth the largest airplane ever to take flight.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of reached

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The wreckage of Wednesday's crash reminded many of the aftermath of another train collision in January, when 46 people died in southern Spain when an Iryo train jumped the track and hit an oncoming Renfe train.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
The teams combined to hit just four homers, three for Milwaukee.

— Rob Maaddi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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On Wednesday night, the Dream’s role players showed up and showed out in their 97-71 win in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals at State Farm Arena.

— Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026
But as reporters from across the nation showed up to cover Wednesday's rally and meet, Sarah was no longer feeling quite so isolated.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of showed up

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No Israeli party has ever attained the 50% share needed to control parliament by itself.

— Hannah Ridge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
The researchers demonstrated the benefit of using different atoms by maintaining quantum entanglement for 10 seconds as against a few milliseconds attained with the same set of atoms.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

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