Crossword clues for elope
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- Run and form a union?
- Quickly form a union?
- One way to save on wedding expenses
- One way to marry
- One way to avoid a wedding rehearsal
- One way to avoid a rehearsal dinner
- Marry on the down-low
- Marry hastily
- Hitch out of town
- Have no need for ushers
- Have a Vegas wedding, perhaps
- Go straight to the courthouse to wed, perhaps
- Get together on short notice?
- Get married on the spur of the moment
- Get hitched on the run
- Get hitched in secret
- Get hitched in private
- Forgo a big wedding, perhaps
- Flee to a J.P
- Eschew the tux, gown and band
- Emulate Jessica
- Double up in Vegas?
- Bolt then hitch
- Avoid wedding expenses, in a way
- Avoid a certain church service
- Act on a sudden itch to get hitched
- Wing to a J.P
- What some skip church to do?
- What some people do to enter united states?
- What some lovers do
- What Romeo and Juliet planned to do
- What Romeo and Juliet plan to do
- What Romeo and Juliet do
- Wed without parental consent
- Wed super-quick
- Wed quickly
- Wed privately
- Wed in Vegas, perhaps
- Wed furtively
- Wed at Gretna Green, say
- Use a ladder, stereotypically
- Use a ladder and then run off
- Unite on the sly
- Unite on the fly
- Unite in flight
- Travel to an away match?
- Tie up quickly?
- Tie the knot quickly
- Tie the knot on the road
- Tie the knot in a secret spot
- Thwart disapproving parents, perhaps
- Thwart disapproving parents
- Take one's hand secretly
- Take flight to take the plunge
- Take flight before a honeymoon
- Surprise your friends, wedding-wise
- Surprise one's future in-laws?
- Split with one's beloved
- Split to splice
- Split to get united
- Split to be tied?
- Split to be tied
- Split to be hitched
- Split for a union
- Sneak off to the altar
- Sneak off to say 'I do'
- Sneak off to a J.P
- Sneak off
- Sneak into an institution?
- Slip to tie a knot?
- Slip out to tie the knot
- Slip off
- Slip away to tie the knot
- Skip town unceremoniously?
- Skip town to wed
- Skip the wedding
- Skip the reception?
- Skip the formalities, in a way
- Skip the fancy wedding
- Skip the fancy nuptials
- Skip the fancy ceremony
- Skip the elaborate ceremony
- Skip the chapel
- Skip the ceremony, in a way
- Skip the bridal registry, say
- Skip the announcement, invitations, etc
- Skip the $50K wedding, say
- Skip most of the wedding planning
- Skip church?
- Skip church, maybe
- Skip all the bullshit and just get hitched
- Skip a rite, perhaps
- Skip a fancy ceremony
- Skip a big wedding
- Seek out a J.P
- Secretly form a union
- Secretly enter a united state
- Scurry to tie the knot
- Save wedding costs
- Save on wedding costs
- Save on a band, hall, dinner, etc
- Save a ton on the wedding reception?
- Rush to the altar
- Rush into marriage
- Run with a marriage license?
- Run to the J.P
- Run to marry
- Run to become one
- Run secretly to the chapel
- Run off to join up?
- Run off, as a couple
- Run off to unite
- Run off to join a union?
- Run off to Gretna Green
- Run for your wife?
- Run away with one's cutie on the q.t.?
- Run away to Vegas, say
- Run away to Vegas, perhaps
- Run away to settle down
- Run away to Gretna Green?
- Run away and get married
- Run away (to Gretna Green?)
- Pair up in Vegas, maybe
- Opt out of the local union?
- One way to avoid a reception line
- Not wait for the reading of the banns, say
- Not use a wedding planner
- Not need a wedding planner
- Marry, sans ceremony
- Marry without a big ceremony
- Marry on the fly
- Marry on the cheap, say
- Marry on the cheap, maybe
- Marry on the cheap
- Marry inexpensively
- Marry in Las Vegas, maybe
- Make a romantic getaway
- Leave in a way
- Leave for the hitching post?
- Hitch on the fly
- Hitch in secret
- Hitch in haste
- Hit the road to get hitched
- Have no reception?
- Have an unceremonious wedding, perhaps
- Have a very cheap wedding
- Have a Vegas wedding, maybe
- Have a small destination wedding
- Have a simple wedding, perhaps
- Have a secret wedding
- Have a secret ceremony
- Have a getaway before a honeymoon
- Go to a wedding
- Go straight to the courthouse, perhaps
- Go off, but not without a hitch?
- Go off to marry
- Go off to get hitched
- Go off on the q. t
- Go get married in secret
- Give a ring while on the road?
- Get wed on the run
- Get together in secret?
- Get spliced secretly
- Get right to the honeymoon
- Get married without a big formal ceremony
- Get married without a big ceremony
- Get married the cheap and easy way
- Get married on the cheap
- Get married at the local courthouse, say
- Get hitched privately
- Get hitched on the cheap
- Get hitched on a sudden itch
- Get hitched in Vegas, perhaps
- Get hitched in the town hall, say
- Get hitched in Reno, maybe
- Get away from Handel operas
- Frugal way to wed
- Forgo the reception
- Forgo the church ceremony
- Forgo the ceremony
- Forgo a reception, in a way
- Flee, romantically
- Flee with a fiancé
- Flee to unite
- Flee to get hitched
- Find a preacher fast, maybe
- Exchange secret vows
- Eschew the tux rental and forget the band
- Eschew the rite stuff?
- Eschew nuptial formalities
- Eschew a ceremony
- Escape to Vegas, maybe
- Emulate the Brownings
- Emulate Sarah Palin, nuptially
- Emulate running mates?
- Emulate Romeo
- Emulate Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green
- Don't spend an arm and a leg after giving someone your hand?
- Don't do the rite thing?
- Don't do the rite thing
- Do without a big wedding
- Dispense with the ceremony, say
- Descend a ladder and wed
- Defy one's parents, possibly
- Decide to not rent a church, hire a caterer, etc
- Cut out for marriage?
- Cut out for a union?
- Choose the window over the aisle?
- Choose not to spend $35,000 on a wedding, say
- Carry out a get-hitched-quick scheme
- Bypass the big wedding
- Bypass a big wedding, say
- Bypass a big wedding
- Brendan Emmett Quigley's advice to all engaged couples
- Bolt, then hitch
- Bolt to tie the knot
- Bolt and hitch
- Blow off the big wedding
- Become two on the run
- Become running mates?
- Be running mates?
- Avoid wedding formalities
- Avoid stressing about invites, perhaps
- Avoid some wedding hoopla
- Avoid major planning, in a way
- Avoid doing the rite thing?
- Avoid a reception
- Act unceremoniously?
- Act on a sudden itch to be hitched
- Abscond to bond
- Waive one's rites?
- Run off to wed
- Run into a hitch?
- Steal away with one's intended
- Run off together
- Run with a hon?
- Split to get spliced
- Run off to the preacher
- Get hitched in a hurry
- Emulate Romeo and Juliet
- Take the honey and run?
- Skip the big wedding
- Get an out-of-state license?
- Run to the altar
- Run to Reno?
- Abscond with lover
- Flee with a flame
- Flee to wed
- Skip the usual wedding preparations
- Take flight to unite?
- Run off to the chapel
- Economize on the wedding
- Not tarry to marry
- Run off to get hitched
- Get hitched quickly
- Split to unite?
- Not stand on ceremony?
- Bond on the run?
- Skip town, in a way
- Leave via ladder, maybe
- Secretly run off together
- Secretly tie the knot
- Act on a sudden itching for a hitching
- Run away to marry
- Skip off to the altar
- Run for dear life?
- Bolt to unite
- Run for one's wife?
- Bolt to bond
- Sneak off to Vegas, maybe
- Skip to the altar
- Split to be joined?
- Get hitched hastily
- Get together without fanfare?
- Advice for lovers whose parents disapprove
- Act without the parents' blessings, say
- Run off to the justice of the peace
- Not wait for the parents' blessing, say
- Get a hand on the road?
- Not do the rite thing?
- Hitch on the run
- Skip the service, say
- Run off to a judge in Vegas, say
- Form a clandestine union?
- Run to Las Vegas, perhaps
- Opt for the window instead of the aisle?
- Run together, in a way
- Expedite some union business?
- Have a nontraditional marriage, in a way
- Alter altar plans, maybe
- Get right to the honeymoon, say
- Make a running start at marriage?
- Act impulsively, as young lovers
- Flee via ladder, stereotypically
- Become one on the run?
- Fly away, in a way
- What Othello and Desdemona do in "Othello"
- Form a secret union?
- Adventurously follow one's heart, say
- Run away (with)
- Pursue "I do's" when the parents say "don't"?
- Tie a quick knot?
- Avoid having an arranged marriage, maybe
- Marry a cutie on the q.t., maybe
- Marry in haste
- Emulate Jessica and Lorenzo
- Run away with a lover
- Depart unceremoniously?
- Wed in haste
- Go with the beau
- Bolt together?
- Wed stealthily
- Leap, like some lovers
- Eschew a big wedding
- Wed on the run
- Fly by night
- Sneak off to a J.P.
- Get up and go?
- Emulate Juliet
- Flee to a J.P.
- Avoid formal nuptials
- Run off to a minister
- Avoid the shoes and rice
- Leave by ladder
- Run away, in a way
- Nix the fancy nuptials
- Avoid wedding costs
- Emulate Lorenzo and Jessica
- Secretly leave
- Leave via ladder?
- Have wedding bells sans wedding bills
- Cut wedding costs
- A way to wed
- Slip away secretly
- Skip the wedding march
- Sneak off romantically
- Slip away surreptitiously
- Absquatulate
- Run away à la Jessica
- Skip town with a lover
- Abscond for love's sake
- Wed secretly
- Run away to be married
- Skip formal nuptials
- Head for Gretna Green
- Decamp for romance
- Marry on the run
- Wing to a J.P.
- Escape à la Juliet
- Run away together
- Run to wed
- Slip away romantically
- Forgo a formal wedding
- Run off with a lover
- Hurry to 19 Across, once
- Run away to wed
- Marry modestly
- Take the money and run, à la Jessica
- Emulate Anna Karenina
- Go to Gretna Green
- Take off to get hitched
- Do the Gretna Green bit
- Become one while on the run
- Avoid a formal wedding
- Use a ladder for love's sake
- Dispense with nuptials
- Leave with a lover
- Steal away to wed
- Slip off in the night
- Go to match perhaps when the opposition is strong
- Go off to the match unexpectedly?
- Marry secretly
- Marry clandestinely
- English staff turning to run away
- Eastern European needing lift to abscond with lover
- Eastern European going west? Get away!
- East European set about making escape with romantic intent
- East European turns to run off with partner
- Secretly marry
- Run off with lady responsible for Parker pen theft
- Run off to marry
- Run off to get married
- Run away with one's beloved
- Run away with girl once writer's gone
- Run away secretly to marry
- Two different Europeans going west - to do this?
- Travel to away match?
- Wed in secret
- Take a bride
- What running mates do?
- Run off and form a union
- Wed without fuss
- Get married secretly
- Flee to marry
- Wed on the fly
- Run off for romance
- Marry on the sly
- Wed on the sly, and on the fly
- Marry in a hurry
- Choose the window instead of the aisle?
- Bolt together
- Secretly unite
- One way to avoid the altar
- Form a secret merger?
- Bypass the altar
- Become a pair without an affair
- Avoid a big wedding
- Wed like Romeo and Juliet
- Wed economically
- Unite on the run
- Skip the ceremony, perhaps
- Skip the big ceremony, say
- Skip out on the big wedding
- One way to form a union
- Hurry to marry
- Get hitched in haste
- Wed on the wing
- Unite in secret
- Take part in a secret joint venture?
- Split to wed
- Split to join, in a way
- Split to hitch
- Split to get together?
- Split to get hitched
- Skip the fuss, not the ceremony
- Skip a ceremony
- Save on wedding expenses
- Run off, in a way
- Run off to Las Vegas, perhaps
- Run from bachelorhood?
- Run away to get married
- Participate in a secret joint venture?
- One way to cut down on wedding expenses
- One way to avoid a wedding rehearsal dinner
- Marry in secret
- Go off to wed
- Get married in secret
- Get hitched on the fly
- Flee with lover
- Be part of a get-hitched-quick scheme
- Avoid wedding bills
- Wed without warning
- Wed hastily
- Try a get-hitched-quick scheme
- Tie the knot on the sly
- Tie the knot on the run
- Tie the knot on the fly
- Tie a knot without warning?
- Split to form a bond?
- Split to become one
- Split for the sole purpose of uniting?
- Skip the festivities, in a way
- Skip church, in a way?
- Say "I do" without a big do
- Save a bundle on the wedding
- Run to Reno, maybe
- Run off to the J.P
- Run off in secret
- Run for romance
- Run away with your love
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elope \E*lope"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping.] [D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G. ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See Leap, v. t.] To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart.
Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from
their allegiance.
--Addison.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "to run off," probably from Middle Dutch (ont)lopen "run away," from ont- "away from" (from Proto-Germanic *und- which also gave the first element in until) + lopen "to run," from Proto-Germanic *hlaupan (source also of Old English hleapan; see leap (v.)). Sense of "run away in defiance of parental authority to marry secretly" is 19c. \n
\nIn support of this OED compares Old English uðleapan, "the technical word for the 'escaping' of a thief." However there is an Anglo-French aloper "run away from a husband with one's lover" (mid-14c.) which complicates this etymology; perhaps it is a modification of the Middle Dutch word, with Old French es-, or it is a compound of that and Middle English lepen "run, leap" (see leap (v.)).\n
\nThe oldest Germanic word for "wedding" is represented by Old English brydlop (cognates: Old High German bruthlauft, Old Norse bruðhlaup), literally "bride run," the conducting of the woman to her new home. Related: Eloped; eloping.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive of a married person English) To run away from home with a paramour. 2 (context intransitive of an unmarried person English) 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 (context intransitive dated English) To run away from home (for any reason).
WordNet
v. run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: run off]
Usage examples of "elope".
If someone charged her with bigamy, he added, he would spring her from jail and elope somewhere that was out of the local jurisdiction.
THe WOMAN NEXT DOOR Prologue Given their druthers, Amanda and Graham would have eloped.
In fact, the on-dit is that Fanny is not the first heiress he has made up to: there was some silly girl who was ready to elope with him, if you please, only last year!
The scheme was for me to elope with him during holy week, and to run away to Ferrara, where he had an uncle who would have given us a kind welcome, and would soon have brought his father to forgive him and to insure our happiness for life.
She said that feeling certain that her mother would not give her consent to her marriage, she had eloped with her lover, who had got together enough money to go to Naples, and when they reached that town he would marry her.
By a week in advance Kou and Drou were considering eloping out of sheer panic, having lost all control of everything whatsoever to their eager helpers.
When I had learned of the man with whom Lorel had eloped, I was caught in an emotion so deep, in a pain and rage so encompassing, it had carried me forward on this desperate journey.
Uncle Lorimer advising him that she and Robbie were eloping to Scotland.
Like Mrs Floore, he felt that to elope in anything less than a chaise-and-four was odiously shabby, but there was no help for it.
It beckoned more and more with every wretched year that passed: the Kaiserstadt, the Imperial City - but I was seventeen before I got away and then I went like a foolish girl in an operetta, eloping with a young lieutenant stationed in the little town to which I went each day to work as a sewing maid in an orphanage.
An elderly Arab merchant had charged the youngest and comeliest of his four wives with having abandoned him and eloped to the tent of a young and good-looking Russniak.
She had been engaged to the Earl of Wendover, and it was after the banns had been read the third time that she eloped to Gretna with Lord Snelgar.
But then he seemed able to deal with any and every situation that occurred with unerring self-confidence, from petty thieves and amateur whipsters to eloping couples and driving a coach and four, not to mention giving orders to ostlers and innkeepers and making one and all jump to obey.
After playing all sorts of tricks, she leaves her husband, and elopes with the youth Kamar to Cairo, where his parents reside.
The night before, it was afterwards discovered, Madame de Lassa had eloped with a tall footman, taking the Nubian Sidi with them.