elope with (someone)
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To marry someone suddenly and secretively. I wish I could just elope with my fiancé, but my family is insistent that I have a big wedding.
See also: elope
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elope with someone
to sneak away with someone and get married without much ceremony. Sally eloped with Tom, and everyone was surprised. I don't want to elope with Juan. I want a church wedding.
See also: elope
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- elope with
- when poverty comes in (at) the door, love flies out (of) the window
- When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window
- when the wolf comes in (at) the door, love creeps out (of) the window
- elope
- elope to Gretna Green
- marry below (one's) station
- marry below (oneself)
- marry below oneself
- marry beneath (oneself)