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What is "stop over"

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stop over

vb. (context intransitive English) To interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay; to stop off.

WordNet
stop over

  1. v. interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil" [syn: lay over]

  2. interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence" [syn: stop]

Usage examples of "stop over".

We ain't s'posed to live here, we're s'posed to stop over for a while and then be gone.

They want me to stop over Sunday--I suppose it won't matter if I do.

They are making a tour of the whole world, and will stop over here a couple of days just to see Madame La Gimp.

The plane will stop over in Zanzibar, and there we can catch another plane to Tokyo, coming from Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris has recommended we stop over in a little place called Somerset.