'Elope' definitions:
Definition of 'elope'
From: WordNet
verb
Run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: elope, run off]
Definition of 'Elope'
From: GCIDE
- Elope \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. [1913 Webster]
- Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elope'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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