eloping
present 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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Examplesofeloping
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Elopingwas not a rejection of marriage or of bridewealth, but a pragmatic decision foisted upon young people because of poverty.
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Elders complained unceasingly about these trends, and dreaded the possibility of their daughterseloping.
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The plot of the opera featured a blind sailor who has his sight miraculously restored only to discover his wifeelopingwith a rich lover.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By the age of 19, he caused a scandal byelopingwith an actress despite his famous father's objections.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Instances ofelopingwere and are still common.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He ended upelopingand marrying her in 1884.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Simran helps her inelopingwith her lover.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rumours of herelopingare rampant among the villagers, much to her father's chagrin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At a train station, he encounters anelopingcouple who want him to marry them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sujata feels humiliated when taunted by everyone every time foreloping.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He added that cases ofeloping, even by adults, were unacceptable morally.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The film involves the comic travails of a coupleelopingand on the run from their parents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Afterwards, the two companions talk about the quest and decide the males areelopingbecause of the unusually harsh rule of the females in the last few weeks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tanu realizes her error, and asks him not to leave, as her lover is coming tomorrow, and she wants help inelopingand marrying him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bill considerselopingwith her biker friend when he offers to take her away from her stressful life.
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