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Meanings of elope in English

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Run away secretly with one's beloved.

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        Usage of elope in English
        1
        This would often lead to me declaring, We are going to elope!
        Wired
        2
        Mrs. Proctor says their parents tried, but the couple threatened to elope.
        The new yorker
        3
        She consented some time ago to elope with me, in my boat.
        Desk and Debit; or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk
        4
        Should I say that Harry had intended to elope with the girl?
        The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
        5
        I would no more elope than I would ask for a divorce.
        Sleeping Fires: a Novel
        6
        J. journeyed to Egypt, where he refused to elope with the Pharaohess.
        Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
        7
        I can't elope with young women in this casual sort of way.
        Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners)
        8
        Then I asked her if she was willing to elope with me.
        From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience
        9
        He endeavored to prevail upon his quondam mistress to elope with him.
        The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mou...
        10
        Some one must watch her continually, for she may try to elope.
        Old Fritz and the New Era
        11
        While attending a cousin's wedding in Tirana, they sneak away and elope.
        Reuters
        12
        Bet you an eagle to a dime they elope within a week.
        Sleeping Fires: a Novel
        13
        I believe she asked him to elope with her, and he refused!
        Long Live the King!
        14
        But if your life at home becomes intolerable, we shall elope at once.
        The Asylum
        15
        Not unless he and Maud elope like Reggie Byng and Alice.
        A Damsel in Distress
        16
        Thought to elope with the Rage of the Ton, did you?
        Jane and the madness of lord byron: being a jane austen mystery
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