elope.
Of a married or engaged person, to run away from home with a paramour.
Meaning & usage
Of a married or engaged person, to run away from home with a paramour.
Of an unmarried person, to run away secretly for the purpose of getting married with one's intended spouse; to marry in a quick or private fashion, especially without a public period of engagement.
Of an unmarried person, to run away secretly from home in order to get married without parental or guardian consent.
To escape from one's caretaker.
Six-year-old Casey eloped during recess and police found him watching traffic lights at the intersection.
To run away from home (for any reason).
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.