Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To get around censorship, bureaucratic barriers or authorities.

    This program will sneak around state laws.

  2. (intransitive)To secretly date or have sex with somebody.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. He sneaked around to the back door.

    ruОн прокрался к задней двери. — Lenin_1917

    deEr schlich herum zur Hintertür. — Wolf

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  2. The fox sneaks around the house.

    deDer Fuchs schleicht ums Haus. — christian63

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  3. She sneaks around on the weekends.

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  4. Just follow my moves and sneak around.

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  5. What have you two been sneaking around for?

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Forms

sneaks around, sneaking around, sneaked around, sneaked around
Base formsneak around · to sneak around
3rd person singularsneaks around
Present participlesneaking around
Past simplesneaked around / snuck around
Past participlesneaked around / snuck around

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysneak around
he, she, itsneaks around

Past simpleLesson

all personssneaked around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sneaked around
he, she, ithas sneaked around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sneak around

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snatchersneakB2sneakersneakysneerB2
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