| Forgo a reception, in a way | 27 |
| Forgo a formal wedding | 22 |
| Fly by night | 12 |
| Fly away, in a way | 18 |
| Flee via ladder, stereotypically | 32 |
| Flee to wed | 11 |
| Flee to unite | 13 |
| Find a preacher fast, maybe | 27 |
| Eschew the tux rental and forget the band | 41 |
| Eschew the rite stuff? | 22 |
| Eschew a ceremony | 17 |
| Escape to Vegas, maybe | 22 |
| Escape à la Juliet | 21 |
| Emulate the Brownings | 21 |
| Emulate Sarah Palin, nuptially | 30 |
| Emulate running mates? | 22 |
| Emulate Romeo | 13 |
| Emulate Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green | 40 |
| Emulate Lorenzo and Jessica | 27 |
| Emulate Anna Karenina | 21 |
| Do without a big wedding | 24 |
| Dispense with the ceremony, say | 31 |
| Descend a ladder and wed | 24 |
| Defy one's parents, possibly | 32 |
| Decide to not rent a church, hire a caterer, etc. | 49 |
| Cut wedding costs | 17 |
| Choose the window over the aisle? | 33 |
| Choose not to spend $35,000 on a wedding, say | 45 |
| Carry out a get-hitched-quick scheme | 36 |
| Bypass the big wedding | 22 |
| Bypass the altar | 16 |
| Bypass a big wedding, say | 25 |
| Bypass a big wedding | 20 |
| Brendan Emmett Quigley's advice to all engaged couples | 58 |
| Bolt, then hitch | 16 |
| Bolt to unite | 13 |
| Bolt to bond | 12 |
| Bolt and hitch | 14 |
| Become one while on the run | 27 |
| Be running mates? | 17 |
| Avoid wedding expenses | 22 |
| Avoid wedding costs | 19 |
| Avoid the shoes and rice | 24 |
| Avoid some wedding hoopla | 25 |
| Avoid major planning, in a way | 30 |
| Avoid formal nuptials | 21 |
| Avoid a reception | 17 |
| Avoid a formal wedding | 22 |
| Alter altar plans, maybe | 24 |
| Advice for lovers whose parents disapprove | 42 |
| Act without the parents' blessings, say | 43 |
| Act impulsively, as young lovers | 32 |
| Abscond for love's sake | 27 |
| A way to wed | 12 |
| Absconded | 9 |
| Fled to wed | 11 |
| Skipped town | 12 |
| Fled and wed | 12 |
| Bolted together? | 16 |
| Skipped the big wedding | 23 |
| Ran off to wed | 14 |
| Wed sub rosa | 12 |
| Took off to team up | 19 |
| Ran for one's wife? | 23 |
| Emulated running mates? | 23 |
| Emulated Jessica | 16 |
| Departed without ceremony? | 26 |
| Chose the window instead of the aisle? | 38 |
| Became running mates? | 21 |
| Were running mates? | 19 |
| Went to Gretna Green | 20 |
| Wed suddenly | 12 |
| Took off (with) | 15 |
| Took a hike to hitch | 20 |
| Split and united? | 17 |
| Spared Dad the marriage money | 29 |
| Sought out a J.P. | 17 |
| Skipped the wedding | 19 |
| Skipped the reception | 21 |
| Skipped the ceremony | 20 |
| Skipped out, in a way | 21 |
| Skipped a ceremony | 18 |
| Skipped a big wedding | 21 |
| Said "I do" without the to-do | 39 |
| Ran to Vegas to get married, perhaps | 36 |
| Ran off together | 16 |
| Ran off to the marrying judge | 29 |
| Ran off to marry | 16 |
| Ran off for romance | 19 |
| Ran away to wed | 15 |
| Ran away secretly | 17 |
| Married secretly | 16 |
| Married on the sly | 18 |
| Married on the run | 18 |
| Married in secret | 17 |
| Married in haste | 16 |
| Made off (with) | 15 |
| Made like Romeo and Juliet | 26 |
| Made hasty altar plans | 22 |
| Left via ladder, say | 20 |