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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

crept out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, nonstandard, participle, past) simple past and past participle of creep out
    form of creep out
    • I always wondered what they were until I saw a bug one day / Hatching from one little shell and knew I had a tale to tell. It was magnificent a sight, although it crept me out a little. I saw God’s creature born that day, and soon enough, he flew away. 2003, Karen A. Davies, “Cicada Song”, in Moon Dreams, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 154:
    • The whole thing crept her out too much to stay in the house so she rented out an apartment in the centre of the city. 2001, Steve Savile, editor, Similar Monsters, Cosmos Books, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 104:
    • “Another guy in town has a ’78 Z, and I had seen him driving around — a really nice, silver car,” said Jacklin. “I followed him once, kinda crept him out — but he said it happens all the time. I talked to him about his car, and at the time I needed someone to do mine. So he mentioned Brian out in Fillmore.” 2012 February 10, Julie Folk, “Father-son duo share love for cars: Family works on projects together”, in Leader-Post, Regina, Sask., page AA1, column 5:

Synonyms

creeped out