He's been 'creeping' (up) to the boss for months, so it's no surprise he got a promotion.
A spider was 'creeping' [='crawling'] along the bathroom floor.
I caught him 'creeping' down the stairs to the kitchen.
(..) l'm one of his ghosts and he wouldn't even know it. - l don't know what that means. - Ask your saint who he is. Ask him who he's killed. Plesse, don't creep around this house. See, l don't think he's forgotten anything! l think he wants to forget! Gentlemen, to mapmaking. To mapmaking! (..)1996 The English Patient