as in to escape
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Learn more about some resources for families dealing with children eloping here.
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
They’ve been married for nearly 28 years, after initially eloping in 1997.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
In 2022, a survey of 1,000 unmarried U.S. couples commissioned by Helzberg Diamonds found 62 percent were open to the idea of eloping in order to save money.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Not one of these children have died and none of them have escaped to elope when using their anchoring dog.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2024
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
They’ve been married for nearly 28 years, after initially eloping in 1997.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
In 2022, a survey of 1,000 unmarried U.S. couples commissioned by Helzberg Diamonds found 62 percent were open to the idea of eloping in order to save money.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Not one of these children have died and none of them have escaped to elope when using their anchoring dog.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elope
Verb
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Poor weather and battlefield obscurants continue to endanger warfighters as adversaries rely on these conditions to escape attacks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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Then escape the skyscraper shadows into Hong Kong's New Territories.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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His brooding blue eyes are being absconded with by a Sri Lankan eBay user.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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Otherwise, a relationship with an AI will not be until death do us part — but until the developer has absconded with your personal information and deleted your spouse.—
Lori Andrews,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
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No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.—
Andrew Lawrence,
Peoplemag,
17 Feb. 2024
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One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.—
Keith Phipps,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2023
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Many of these disappointed parents enrolled their children in private schools; others likely decamped to the suburbs.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
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Those critics decamped for a rival, a (for now) less hateful think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Feb. 2026
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Zoom in: Privacy and security are big: The house has a private gate and parking so no one has to use the main door, security offices for guests' staff and a bedroom with a secret exit should important visitors need to scram.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
11 Oct. 2024
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As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.—
Danielle Paquette,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2019
Verb
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The other man got out and the men got into a verbal confrontation.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The driver of the car began to reverse and hit a parked car as Officer Cole got out of his vehicle.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2023
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Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
5 Aug. 2019
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“Elope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elope. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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