English Reference

Idiom

pop the question

Meaning

To propose marriage.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He is planning to pop the question tonight at dinner.”

“After dating for five years, he finally decided to pop the question during their vacation in Italy.”

“With the engagement ring hidden securely in his pocket, he nervously prepared to pop the question under the starlit sky.”

Examples

simple

“He is planning to pop the question tonight at dinner.”

contextual

“After dating for five years, he finally decided to pop the question during their vacation in Italy.”

complex

“With the engagement ring hidden securely in his pocket, he nervously prepared to pop the question under the starlit sky.”

Key words

Related idioms

This entry

Updated
English Reference