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Phrase(s): steal over someone or something
1. [for a covering of some sort] to move slowly over someone or something. (As with the sun or the shade of a cloud.) • The shade stole over the sunbathers and ended their day. • Darkness stole over the land. 2. [for a feeling] to spread through someone gradually. • A feeling of gloom stole over the crowd. • A sense of high excitement stole over the boys as they waited.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs