Associations to the word «Elope»

Wiktionary

ELOPE, verb. (intransitive) (of a married person) To run away from home with a paramour.
ELOPE, verb. (intransitive) (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.
ELOPE, verb. (intransitive) (dated) To run away from home (for any reason).

Dictionary definition

ELOPE, verb. Run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King