Elope: alternatives and connections

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Elope

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.

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Flee 76% connected

To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, makin…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fly 76% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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Elopement 74% connected

The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Elopement 74% connected

The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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