english
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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Propose marriage, as in He picked Valentine's Day to pop the question. [Early 1700s]
American Heritage Idioms