creep out

phrasal verb

creeped out; creeping out; creeps out
US, informal
: to cause (someone) to have an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or fear : to give (someone) the creeps
That guy really creeps me out.
I felt creeped out being alone in the office at night.

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Getting creeped out by ghoulies and ghosties is so 19th century. Samantha Riedel, Them, 31 Oct. 2024 When Jess disappears and no one else remembers her, the film should turn on its axis and let the darkness creep out. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2024 If you’re fed up or creeped out by being shown a certain genre of ads, this is the place to fix it. Josie Colt, WIRED, 24 Apr. 2018 Shop giant spiders and window lights to creep out your neighbors, or grab an inflatable witch cauldron cooler to hold your sodas and canned cocktails at your costume party. Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024 Rhizomes are underground shoots that creep out from the mother plant, creating colonies. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024 Hulu Atlanta star LaKeith Stanfield was 'creeped out' filming 'Teddy Perkins' episode 03 of 15 Barry (2018–2023) Bill Hader stars in this Emmy-winning HBO series as a hitman who falls in with a Los Angeles acting class while in town for a job, and decides to remake himself as an actor. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024 Both the 90s version of this show and the 2019 reboot use the anthology storytelling method to creep out viewers and inspire kids to one-up each other's narrative skills, while trying not to get scared themselves–or worse. Devonne Goode, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024 Although this isn’t true for every visitor, a few days by the sea aren’t my only chance to creep out of the closet. June Thomas, TIME, 31 May 2024

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“Creep out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creep%20out. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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