creep up on/behind someone
Definition
Word Type: phrasalverb
If a feeling or state creeps up on you, you start to experience it so gradually that you do not realize it.
Example
- It was only after I turned 60 that old age began to creep up on me.
If a feeling or state creeps up on you, you start to experience it so gradually that you do not realize it.
Example
- It was only after I turned 60 that old age began to creep up on me.