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Pop the question   /pɑp ðə kwˈɛstʃən/   Listen
Pop the question

verb
1.
Ask (someone) to marry you.  Synonyms: declare oneself, offer, propose.  "She proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months" , "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"





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"Pop the question" Quotes from Famous Books



... she modestly refuses, until she has had a decent time to order her widow's weeds at her milliner's and wear them for about a month or so, at the expiration of which interval Afrael may, if he be still of the same mind, call in again, and pop the question. ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100., Jan. 24, 1891. • Various


Words linked to "Pop the question" :   declare oneself, request


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