elope
had eloped
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past perfectof elope.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” actor Elizabeth Olsen and musician Robbie Arnett revealed just last month that after getting engaged in 2019, they had eloped before the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
The woman told the police her husband had eloped with another woman, who allegedly stole her things, including the ID they had found.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2021
When they didn’t come home that night, their families assumed they had eloped, Sergeant Kadner said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2021
It found that the single largest category of cases involved consenting adults who had eloped.
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2019
This happened to my first marriage, to Marvin Chen, with whom I had eloped when I was eighteen and he was nineteen.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
