Meaning & use
Elopes
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Runs away secretly, especially to get married without parental consent or a formal ceremony; the third-person singular present of 'elope.'
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In the story, the heroine elopes with a sailor against her family's wishes.
Every June, another young couple elopes to the coast instead of planning a big wedding.
A note on using this word
Elope originally simply meant 'to run away' in English law and only later narrowed to its now-familiar sense of a secret or sudden marriage.
Words with a similar meaning
runs awayabsconds
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