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ELOPE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they elope ... he / she / it elopes
Past simple: eloped
Past participle: eloped
-ing form: eloping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Run away secretly with one's beloved
Example:
The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas
Synonyms:
elope; run off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "elope" is one way to...):
flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
elopement (the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married))
