prowl about

prowl about

To move in a stealthy or sneaky manner within a certain area; to creep around. I think someone is prowling about outside the house. I walked into the storage room and found Jeremy prowling about. What he was up to?
See also: prowl
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

prowl about

 and prowl around
to sneak around, looking for someone or something. Something is prowling about out there in the yard. There is someone outside prowling around.
See also: prowl
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • prowl around
  • slip up on
  • slip up on (someone or something)
  • steal up on
  • steal up on (someone or something)
  • sneak around
  • snuck
  • slink around
  • sneak up (on someone or something)
  • sneak up on
References in classic literature
A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell.
Fables
As if the infirmities of old age - the gray hair, the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes, and the knotted veins of the hands - were the symptoms of moral poison, they prowl about the quays with an underhand air of gloating over the broken spirit of noble captives.
Mirror of the Sea