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View definitions for elope

elope

verb as in run away to be married

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Then he got an offer from a Christian label in Nashville; he moved again and immediately met a woman with whom he ended up eloping.

The new brides revealed earlier this month that they eloped in October after being engaged for a year.

Sticks and stones aren't enough to thwart biological attraction, but sometimes those are the only tools available to pastoralists trying to prevent wildlife from eloping with their livestock.

The couple knew they wanted to elope, and on a trip to Los Angeles they discovered that the state of California offers confidential marriage certificates, so their marriage wouldn’t be discovered by the media.

“They weren’t asking. They’d eloped, ran off and gotten married without telling their families. And that wasn’t even their biggest news.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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