elope
verb
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eloped;
eloping
Definition of elope
1a
: to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
ā¦ Waterman was a peevish child who grew into a defiant teenager, eloped at 18 largely to shock his father, and thenāfar too youngāwas a father himself.— Elizabeth Gilbert
b
: to run away from one's husband with a lover
" ā¦ when they had been married nearly seven years, and were within a few weeks of the time when the brother's death would have adjusted all, she eloped with a younger man, and left him."— Charles Dickens
2
: to slip away : escape
ā¦ might have mistaken him for ā¦ some scarecrow eloped from a cornfield.— Washington Irving
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Other Words from elope
elopement
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noun
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noun
eloper
noun
Examples of elope in a Sentence
The couple eloped in the middle of the night.
Recent Examples on the Web
Not surprisingly, Ed and Virginia eventually eloped. — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, "A look at ESPNās documentary on the NFLās 4 female owners: āI donāt want (players) to look on me as some little old lady who is just kind of hanging aroundā," 25 Aug. 2019 Kravitz and Bonet, 51, met in 1985 before eloping in 1987 and welcoming daughter ZoĆ« Kravitz a year later. — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, "Lenny Kravitz Opens Up About 'Beautiful' Relationship with Ex Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa," 20 July 2019 The couple, though, ended up eloping on Dec. 28, 2017 in the middle of the process because of financial concerns. — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, "Our Marriage Looks Straight. Weāre Not.," 9 July 2019 The two eloped at a young age, eventually having four children (Warren was the youngest). — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Who Was Donald Jones Herring, Elizabeth Warren's Dad?," 16 July 2019 The day after her Reno divorce in 1944, Vanderbilt eloped to Mexico with Stokowski, who was 62 to her 20. — Elaine Woo, latimes.com, "Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress, socialite and fashion entrepreneur, dies at 95," 17 June 2019 The couple eloped in Newport Beach two years later, on a Thanksgiving Day in 1997. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "How Lori Loughlin and Her Husband Mossimo Giannulli Became Involved in the College Admissions Scandal," 13 Mar. 2019 The couple first met in 2013 and eloped three years later. — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, "A Complete Timeline of Jordan Peele and Wife Chelsea Peretti's Low-Key Relationship," 8 Apr. 2019 Following her divorce to industry executive Michael R. Burns, a young Loughlin eloped to fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli on Thanksgiving Day 1997. — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, "Everything to Know About Lori Loughlin's Kids, Olivia Jade and Isabella Rose," 12 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'elope.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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elope
verb
English Language Learners Definition of elope
: to run away secretly to get married
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elope
verb
\ i-ĖlÅp
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eloped;
eloping
Kids Definition of elope
: to run away to be married
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