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SNEAK IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
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
Sense 2
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
