crept out
English edit
Verb edit
- (nonstandard) simple past and past participle of creep out
- Synonym: creeped out
- 2001, Steve Savile, editor, Similar Monsters, Cosmos Books, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 104:
- 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.
- 2003, Karen A. Davies, “Cicada Song”, in Moon Dreams, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 154:
- 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.
- 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:
- “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.”