elopeverb [ I ]
uk/iˈləʊp/us/iˈloʊp/to leave home secretly in order to get married without the permission of your parents:
She eloped with an Army officer.
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Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- jailbreak
- leg
- loose
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- stand clear
- throw
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elopement
noun [ C ] uk/iˈləʊp.mənt/us/iˈloʊp.mənt/