stop off

See also: stopoff

English

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Verb

stop off (third-person singular simple present stops off, present participle stopping off, simple past and past participle stopped off)

1. (intransitive) To make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight.

   Synonyms: stop, stop by, stop in; see also Thesaurus:sojourn

   Coordinate terms: drop by, drop in, drop off, pop in, stay over

   It's a long drive across Texas, so we're going to stop off in Austin for a night.

   Let's stop off at the supermarket for a second, we have already run out of milk.

   I stopped off at Welwyn North and took some photos.

2. (transitive, metalworking) To fill (a part of a mould) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.

   Coordinate terms: plug up, stop up, stuff

Anagrams

• post off, tops off