elope

Meaning

1. To run away from home with a paramour.
2. 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.
3. To run away from home (for any reason).

Synonyms

run off

abscond

run away

escape

marry

fly the coop

elopement

slip out

elope with

on one’s own initiative

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈləʊp/

Etymology

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.