ask the question
11pop the question — {v. phr.}, {slang} To ask someone to marry you. * /After the dance he popped the question./ * /A man is often too bashful to pop the question./ …
12pop the question — When someone pops the question, they ask someone to marry them. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** When you ask someone to marry, you pop the question. It was during a trip to Venice that he popped the question …
13beg the question — means, strictly speaking, to question an unproved assumption that is used as the basis for an argument. For example, to ask ‘why do you listen to that rubbish?’ begs the question when the quality of the music is the point at issue. In general use …
14beg the question — 1. if a statement or situation begs the question, it causes you to ask a particular question. It s all very well talking about extra staff but it rather begs the question of how we re going to pay for them. 2. if something that someone says begs… …
15beg the question — idi a) to assume the truth of the very point raised in a question b) to evade the issue c) to raise the question; inspire one to ask …
16pop\ the\ question — v. phr. slang To ask someone to marry you. After the dance he popped the question. A man is often too bashful to pop the question …
17pop the question — informal to ask someone to marry you. So we were having dinner in this Italian restaurant and that s when he popped the question. Do you think he s going to pop the question then, Kath? …
18pop the question — When someone pops the question, they ask someone to marry them …
19pop the question — tv. [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 …
20Out of the question — Question Ques tion, n. [F., fr. L. quaestio, fr. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, ask, inquire. See {Quest}, n.] 1. The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer. [1913 Webster] 2. Discussion; debate; hence,… …