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pop the question
- To “pop the question†is to propose marriage: “They have been going out for so long; I wonder when he'll pop the question.â€
Idioms and Phrases
Propose marriage, as in He picked Valentine's Day to pop the question . [Early 1700s]Example Sentences
Metcalf popped the question in Houston where both of their families were together.
The NBA star knew since their first trip to the Caribbean island in 2022 that he wanted to pop the question there and began planning the proposal about six months ago.
A family source also confirmed the engagement to People, adding that Holland had been meaning to pop the question “for a while.â€
The “Hannity†host popped the question at their home church at Christmas, according to Fox News.
Eric, wearing a black suit, gets down on one knee and pops the question.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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