elope

🇺🇸 /ɪˈləʊp/ 🇬🇧 /ɪˈləʊp/
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verb
R

To secretly leave in order to get married without others knowing.

The couple decided to elope to a small chapel in the countryside.

translation

v. To secretly leave in order to get married without others knowing.

Word Forms

3rd Present elopes
Past eloped
Perfect eloped
Progressive eloping