pop the question

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The luxury marriage proposal business is booming in Paris with international clients happy to pay thousands to pop the question in the most romantic way possible in the City of Love.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Pippen also weighed in on the engagement talk, telling People in December that she trusted Jordan would pull off a special moment to pop the question.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2024

Sharleen Roscoe, from Barrow, Cumbria, had decided to pop the question to Kelly McArdle eight months ago, when she bought the tickets to the Sunderland gig at the Stadium of Light last weekend.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

So when it came time to pop the question to his girlfriend, Ann, in 1989, DeHovitz decided to place a reader ad himself: “Ann, my love for you is forever! Please marry me. Love, Ross.”

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

I figured I’d see Celia in school and pop the question.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers