popping the question
Asking for marriage
Popping the question is proposing marriage.
The phrase suggests the sudden, dramatic moment when someone asks their partner to marry them: He's been carrying the ring around for weeks, waiting for the right moment to pop the question.
The "question" is understood to be "Will you marry me?"
- proposePut forth formally
- will you marry meTraditional betrothal request
- kneelingLowering onto bent legs
- askSeek an answer
- saying yesExpressing agreement or approval
getting engaged · love · relationship · surprise · big moment · marriage · engagement · diamond ring · tradition · diamond · vows · commitment · sincerity · matrimony · wedding · wedding bells · bridegroom · ring
- engagementattention, interest, involvement, participation, interaction
popping the questionbreaking up
Ending a romantic relationship
filing for divorce · walking away · annulment · separation · separating
popping the questionsaying no
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