Meaning of ELOPE
| Pronunciation: | | i'lowp
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| | Definition: | | [v] run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" |
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| | Synonyms: | | run off |
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| | See Also: | | flee, fly, take flight | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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