creeping on
Stealthily moving toward
Creeping on someone is watching, following, or monitoring them in a way that feels intrusive or unsettling.
The phrase often describes obsessively checking someone's social media profiles: I spent an hour creeping on my ex's Instagram.
It can also mean making unwanted romantic advances that feel predatory: That guy at the bar was creeping on every woman who walked in.
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- slinkingMoving with furtive stealth
- lurkingConcealed and watchful
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- sneakingMoving to avoid detection
spying · surveilling · keeping tabs · suspicion · eavesdropping · trailing · tiptoeing · inching · sliding into DMs · unease · obsession · prying · skulking · snooping · sidling · shadowing · peeking · advancing
creeping onkeeping distance
Remaining spatially separated
leaving alone · giving space · backing off · wooing · ignoring
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