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lurk: lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

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escape notice collapse

nightwalk collapse

hibernate collapse: sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"; be in an inactive or dormant state

lie in wait collapse

shirk collapse: avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

lie low collapse: to try to avoid detection especially by police; "After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while"; keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous

skulk collapse: move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

underlie collapse: be or form the base for; lie underneath

gumshoe collapse

tiptoe collapse: the tip of a toe; walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise; "moving with tiptoe steps"; on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; "standing tiptoe"; walk on one's toes

ambush collapse: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise; wait in hiding to attack

sneak collapse: a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible; to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"; put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner; "sneak a look"; "sneak a cigarette"

pussyfoot collapse

sly collapse

prowl collapse: the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner); move about in or as if in a predatory manner; "The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town"; loiter about, with no apparent aim

creek collapse: any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

slink collapse: walk stealthily; "I saw a cougar slinking toward its prey"

smolder collapse: burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"; have strong suppressed feelings

slither collapse: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

couch collapse: a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment; a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer

creep collapse: a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot; a slow longitudinal movement or deformation; someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

steal collapse: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch); steal a base; move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"; take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

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