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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)
- (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.
- (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
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