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creep up
phrasal verb with creepverb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]uk /kriːp/ us /kriːp/crept | crept
If the value or amount of something creeps up, it slowly increases: （价值或数量）慢慢增加，逐渐上升
Over the last year, the rate of inflation has crept up to almost seven percent.过去一年里，通货膨胀率逐渐上升，几乎达到了7%。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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accretion
accumulate
accumulative
accumulatively
add fuel to the fireidiom
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go up
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growingly
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hot up
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mushroom
ratchet something up/down
re-escalate
re-escalation
reach a crescendo
redouble
stake
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