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  3. Meaning of pop the question in English. pop the question. idiom. Add to word list. to ask someone to marry you: So did he pop the question, then? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Weddings. altar. always a bridesmaid, never the bride idiom. arranged marriage. attendant. bachelor party. diamond anniversary. dower. dowry. elopement.

  4. The transfer of pop, meaning “to explode,” to the idea of blurting out a proposal, seems like a slangy modernism but actually dates from the eighteenth century. Samuel Richardson used it in his novel Sir Charles Grandison (1753): “Afraid he would now, and now and now, pop the question; which he had not the courage to put.”

  5. One of the most common mistakes people make when using the idiom “pop the question” is taking it literally. While “pop” can mean to suddenly burst or explode, in this case, it means to ask a significant other for their hand in marriage. It’s important not to confuse these two meanings and use them interchangeably. Avoiding Gender ...

  6. To ask someone to marry one. I'm planning on popping the question just before the fireworks start. He popped the question in a text message? That's the worst proposal I've ever heard of. See also: pop, question. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. pop the question. [for a man] to ask a woman to marry him.

  7. To “pop the question” is to propose marriage: “They have been going out for so long; I wonder when he'll pop the question.”

  8. Meaning Idiom: pop the question. to propose marriage (ask someone to marry) Example sentences — I need to think of a really romantic way to pop the question to my girlfriend. — My boyfriend was behaving very strangely so I thought he was about to break up with me but he actually popped the question.

  9. pop the question. Other forms: popped the question; popping the question; pops the question. Definitions of pop the question. verb. ask (someone) to marry you. “he popped the question on Sunday night”. synonyms: declare oneself, offer, propose. see more.

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