About The Word Elope
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Elope
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What's The Definition Of Elope?
[v] run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Elope: run off Related Terms | Find terms related to Elope: abscond | absquatulate | beat a retreat | bolt | clear out | cut and run | decamp | depart | desert | flee | fly | fugitate | go AWOL | jump | jump bail | levant | make off | run | run away | run away from | run away with | run for it | run off | show the heels | skedaddle | skip | skip out | slip the cable | take flight | take French leave | take to flight | take wing | turn tail See Also | flee | fly | take flight Elope In Webster's Dictionary \E*lope"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Eloped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Eloping}.] [D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G.
ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E.
leap. See {Leap}, v. t.]
To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station
to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman
or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a
paramour or a sweetheart.
Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from
their allegiance. --Addison.
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