elope

verb

Definition of elopenext
as in to escape

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Recent Examples of elope The couple became engaged in January 2008 and eloped in April of that year, marrying in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, according to E! — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 May 2026 Intimacy was everything for Alexandria Thompson, 30, and Ashwani Srivastava, 39, who are planning to elope in Las Vegas in May 2026 before their March 2027 wedding. — Kristy Alpert, Vogue, 8 May 2026 Long enamoured with Italy, the couple eloped in Puglia in 2019, later setting out to translate the same sense of romance, craftsmanship, and unhurried beauty to the folds of the Noosa hinterland. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 However, if a board merited a deeper dive (say, a tester fell in love with a certain shape and wanted to elope), longer testing was par for the course. — Drew Zieff, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for elope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elope
  1. escape
  2. abscond
  3. lam
  4. decamp
  5. scram
  6. get out
  7. scarper
Verb
  • For Yasira Tejada, the changes represent meaningful progress after escaping an abusive relationship nine years ago.
    — Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Astronomers had long suspected this unusual structure traced energetic electrons escaping along the Milky Way's magnetic field.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of escape
Verb
  • Daemon, set to execute Orwyle since Aegon has absconded (and is off on a fun adventure with Larys), decides to spare the High Maester, who offers him Jasper Wylde instead.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • The judge even suggested her police detail might help her abscond.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
Definition of abscond
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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
  • 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
Definition of lam
Verb
  • And the problem with implementing such plans at the local level is that the rich can always decamp to Austin or Miami, as some of California’s billionaires are threatening to do over a ballot measure that would take 5 percent of their wealth.
    — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • The bulk of the agency will decamp to move in with DDA in the Bradbury building in August.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026
Definition of decamp
Verb
  • The chicks reportedly also told Fiona the squirrel to scram—just like mom.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
  • As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.
    — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
Definition of scram
Verb
  • Due to For All Mankind plot reasons, these unexpected lovebirds simply must get out of their disgraceful pickle.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • High school kids from Castleberry, North Side or Brewer running a prank that got out of hand.
    — Star-Telegram staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026
Definition of get out
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of scarper

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