eloped
past simple and past participle ofelope
elope
verb[I]
uk/iˈləʊp/us/iˈloʊp/toleavehomesecretlyinorderto getmarriedwithout thepermissionofyourparents:
She elopedwithanArmyofficer.
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at largeidiom
- be on the runidiom
- escape
- extrication
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- leg
- loose
- scarper
- scram
- shakesomethingoff
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- throw
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Weddings
Examplesofeloped
eloped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Firstly 56 per cent (157) of the husbands denied their credit to wives who hadeloped.
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The maestro overhears gossip and immediately jumps to a skewed conclusion: the lovers haveeloped, treacherously.
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As a result, many young couples could not afford a proper marriage andeloped.
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Elopedcouples sincerely wished to marry rather than simply cohabitate, and only bridewealth could transform an illicit union into marriage.
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Young lovers, watching their hopes of marriage fade,eloped, hoping to convince the woman's father to accept a reduced bridewealth or one paid in installments over time.
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Her daughterelopedwith her second husband, or so it was alleged.
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As a young woman she hadelopedwith him, naively attracted to the romance of loving a woodland fugitive and sharing his life.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Her parents forbade her to marry, but sheeloped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She hadelopedto be with her lover.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He cut off relations with her after sheelopedat age sixteen with an actor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Meena tells the villagers that they are a married couple who haveelopedand need protection and rest.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One day sheelopedwith that young man planning to get married in another town.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She nearlyelopedwith a man in her early years, but was caught and sent home by her father.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the age of sixteen, sheelopedwith her first husband.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Her grandfather gave us $100. $59 for my ring and $41 for hersand weeloped.
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