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creep into

To enter some place stealthily. I'll watch the door while you creep into the lab and steal the poison. That possum must have crept into the basement while the door was open.

See also: creep

creeping-crud

1. n. any unidentified disease. There is some kind of creeping-crud between my toes.

2. n. a repellent person. Willy has become such a creeping-crud since he inherited all that money.

3. n. any nasty, slimy substance. That’s not creeping-crud! That’s pecan pie!