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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
elope/ɪˈləʊp/

▶verb run away secretly in order to get married.

– derivatives
elopement noun,
eloper noun.

– origin C16 (in the sense ‘abscond, run away’): from Anglo-Norman Fr. aloper.

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go away= elope?
lope? (elope)
to my wedding to elope with my husband

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