See sneak up on Wiktionary
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"form": "sneaks up",
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},
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},
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"informal",
"participle",
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"_dis": "90 10",
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"text": "If you sneak up from behind like that, you'll give me a heart attack!",
"type": "example"
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"To approach a person or animal without being seen or heard"
],
"id": "en-sneak_up-en-verb-~KUXZrVo",
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"approach",
"approach"
],
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"seen",
"seen"
],
[
"heard",
"heard"
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"_dis1": "74 26",
"word": "sneak up on"
}
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{
"_dis1": "70 30",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ganoli",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "ᎦᏃᎵ"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 30",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "偷偷走近"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 30",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "sich anschleichen"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 30",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "obrēpō"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 30",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "subeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 30",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "skradać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 30",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidkradatysja",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "підкрадатися"
}
]
},
{
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{
"text": "Watch out for that brown liquor. It sneaks up on you quickly.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To deliver a sudden effect, often unexpectedly and without warning."
],
"id": "en-sneak_up-en-verb-5hful~NC",
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"deliver",
"deliver"
],
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"effect",
"effect"
]
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}
],
"word": "sneak up"
}
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"forms": [
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"singular",
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"present"
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{
"form": "sneaked up",
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"participle",
"past"
]
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{
"form": "sneaked up",
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"past"
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{
"form": "snuck up",
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"US",
"informal",
"participle",
"past"
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{
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"US",
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"name": "en-verb"
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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],
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{
"text": "If you sneak up from behind like that, you'll give me a heart attack!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To approach a person or animal without being seen or heard"
],
"links": [
[
"approach",
"approach"
],
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"seen",
"seen"
],
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"heard",
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{
"text": "Watch out for that brown liquor. It sneaks up on you quickly.",
"type": "example"
}
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"To deliver a sudden effect, often unexpectedly and without warning."
],
"links": [
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"deliver",
"deliver"
],
[
"effect",
"effect"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sneak up on"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ganoli",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "ᎦᏃᎵ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "偷偷走近"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "sich anschleichen"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "obrēpō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "subeō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "skradać się"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidkradatysja",
"sense": "to sneak up on",
"word": "підкрадатися"
}
],
"word": "sneak up"
}
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