pop the question

pop the question
pop the question
[for a man] to ask a woman to marry him. (Could also be used by a woman asking a man.) •

She waited for years for him to pop the question.

Finally she popped the question.

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{v. phr.}, {slang} To ask someone to marry you. * /After the dance he popped the question./ * /A man is often too bashful to pop the question./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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