Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic, informal)To propose marriage.

More definitions
  • ask (someone) to marry you

Examples

8 sentences
  1. When did Tom pop the question?

  2. Has Tom popped the question?

  3. I'm gonna pop the question tonight.

  4. Did Tom pop the question to Mary?

  5. He popped the question.

Forms

pops the question, popping the question, popped the question, popped the question
Base formpop the question · to pop the question
3rd person singularpops the question
Present participlepopping the question
Past simplepopped the question
Past participlepopped the question

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypop the question
he, she, itpops the question

Past simpleLesson

all personspopped the question

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave popped the question
he, she, ithas popped the question

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pop the question

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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