pop the question

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

Idioms and Phrases

Propose marriage, as in He picked Valentine's Day to pop the question. [Early 1700s]

Example Sentences

One of the guys proposing to his partner took about two minutes to pop the question, according to Sheeran.

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This time, he is set to pull our heart strings as he pops the question to his beloved Katie the Carrot.

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Kelce popped the question in his garden, surrounded by lavish flower arrangements, straight after the couple recorded an episode of his podcast in August.

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After two failed attempts to propose to Dobrev, White finally popped the question last October at a restaurant in New York.

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A Texas native, Winsett’s partner had popped the question two days before at Yosemite National Park.

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