elope
have eloped
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present perfectof elope.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Mr Nabi said that Mr Abbas Rana had initially refused to register a case - known as an FIR - telling him that his daughter might have "eloped with someone of her own free will".
From BBC ● May 22, 2019
The prince and Meghan Markle have eloped, the paper reports, but the fact that it is tucked away inside rather than on the front page may arouse suspicion among the Mail’s more discerning readers.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2017
She was reported to have eloped for the first time at 14 and married Belge, the Turkish diplomat, in 1937.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2016
They have "eloped" from Bognor Regis on the English south coast without telling their family and plan to surprise them on their return.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2014
I turned on more power, and as our speed became exhilarating I said to my companion: "Mona, they will think we have eloped."
From Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World by James Cowan
