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elope

UK/ɪˈləʊp/ US/ɛˈləʊp/ fairly common

verb

1.

run away secretly with one''s beloved

  • “The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas”
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Origin

From Anglo-Norman aloper (“to abduct, run away”), itself borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *andihlaupan (“to run away”). Equivalent to and- + lope as well as and- + leap (these being doublets). More at lope.

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