Pop The Question (Verb)
Meaning
Ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The nervous young man took his girlfriend on a surprise trip to Paris, where he planned to pop the question under the Eiffel Tower.
- After dating for five years, he finally worked up the courage to pop the question to his long-time partner.
- Their friends and family had been expecting him to pop the question for years, so the proposal was no surprise to anyone.
- He booked a sunset boat ride and intended to pop the question as the sky turned pink and orange.
- As they stood on the mountain overlooking the ocean, he got down on one knee and prepared to pop the question.