elope
verb/ɪˈləʊp/
/ɪˈləʊp/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they elope | /ɪˈləʊp/ /ɪˈləʊp/ |
| he / she / it elopes | /ɪˈləʊps/ /ɪˈləʊps/ |
| past simple eloped | /ɪˈləʊpt/ /ɪˈləʊpt/ |
| past participle eloped | /ɪˈləʊpt/ /ɪˈləʊpt/ |
| -ing form eloping | /ɪˈləʊpɪŋ/ /ɪˈləʊpɪŋ/ |
- elope (with somebody) to run away with somebody in order to marry them secretlyWord Originlate 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘abscond, run away’): from Anglo-Norman French aloper, perhaps related to leap.
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