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Phrase(s): sneak around (some place)
to move about a place in a sneaky or stealthy fashion. • Please don’t sneak around the house. It makes me nervous. • Please stop sneaking around!, Phrase(s): sneak around someone or something
1. Lit. to creep around or past someone or something. • The cat sneaked around Molly and ran out the door. • We had to sneak around the corner so we wouldn’t be seen. 2. Fig. to circumvent the control or censorship of someone or some group. • I think we can sneak around the board of directors and authorize this project ourselves. • Yes, let’s sneak around the board.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs