sneak up

verb

Definition of sneak upnext
as in to creep up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneak up
  1. turn up
  2. show up
  3. arrive
Verb
  • His team turned up a list of sizable 2024 losers in the S & P 500 that could see a fleeting jump in the new year.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The newlyweds wake up hungry after a passionate wedding night, which is when Mel remembers that Charmaine never did turn up yesterday.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of turn up
Verb
  • Then Trump showed up to the Republican National Convention wearing a huge white thought-bubble of bandage on his ear.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
  • That includes any links or installs from the internet access splash pages that might show up.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of show up
Verb
  • Temperatures continue to creep up this week and long stretches of dry weather until a cold front arrives on Sunday.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Crews arrived on the scene after hiking two miles on the trail and quickly assessed the steep drop-off where Sbarge had fallen.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of arrive
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“Sneak up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneak%20up. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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