Usually means: Approach quietly without being noticed.
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  1. sneak up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sneak-up, sneak up: Merriam-Webster
  3. sneak up: Vocabulary.com
  4. sneak-up: Wordnik
  5. sneak up: Wiktionary
  6. sneak up: Dictionary.com
  7. sneak up: Rhymezone
  8. sneak up: FreeDictionary.org
  9. sneak up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. sneak up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sneak up)

▸ verb:  To approach a person or animal without being seen or heard
▸ verb:  To deliver a sudden effect, often unexpectedly and without warning.

Similar:
creep up, sneak, sneak in, creep up on, skulk, stalk, slink, sneak past, steal, lurk, more...

Phrases:
sneak up on, sneak up on someone, sneak up behind, more...

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Similar:
creep up, sneak, sneak in, creep up on, skulk, stalk, slink, sneak past, steal, lurk, more...

Phrases:
sneak up on, sneak up on someone, sneak up behind, more...



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