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Definition of elope verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

elope

verb

NAmE//ɪˈloʊp//

[intransitive] elope (with somebody)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they elope

he / she / it elopes

past simple eloped

-ing form eloping

to run away with someone in order to marry them secretly

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elopement

noun [countable, uncountable]See elope in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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