SNEAK IN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Insert casually

Example:

She slipped in a reference to her own work

Synonyms:

insert; slip in; sneak in; stick in

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "sneak in" is one way to...):

add; append; supply (state or say further)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sneak in"):

spatchcock (interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Meaning:

Enter surreptitiously

Example:

In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in

Synonyms:

creep in; sneak in

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "sneak in" is one way to...):

penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s