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Stop over   /stɑp ˈoʊvər/   Listen
Stop over

verb
1.
Interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight.  Synonym: lay over.
2.
Interrupt a trip.  Synonym: stop.  "They stopped for three days in Florence"






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"Stop over" Quotes from Famous Books



... to be a full moon to-night. Suppose we stop over and have a parting supper with Jesse? He'd be dreadfully tickled at the notion. Tell your folks at home, and meet me at the Forks in not more ...
— The Outdoor Chums After Big Game - Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness • Captain Quincy Allen

... certainly do him good if he acts on it, which, however, is extremely doubtful. Boiling into Reno at 10.30 A.M. the characteristic whiskey- straight hospitality of the Far West at once asserts itself, and one individual with sporting proclivities invites me to stop over a day or two and assist him to "paint Reno red " at his expense. Leaving Reno, my route leads through the famous Truckee meadows - a strip of very good agricultural land, where plenty of money used to be made by raising ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens

... to his wife. "You'd better take the boy and go with me as far as Branton. It's the best place I know of, for fitting out little fellows like him. Maybe I can stop over long enough to help you. I'll look ...
— Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 34, August 23, 1914 • Various

... stage kept jogging on day and night, there was little chance for sleep, and there being with me a sufficient number of staff-officers to justify the proceeding, we chartered the "outfit," stipulating that we were to stop over one night on the road to get some rest. This rendered the journey more tolerable, and we arrived at Helena without ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan

... 'phone a fellow to stop over to lunch?" he asked, suddenly assuming a jovial manner which their acquaintance did not warrant. "We country folk don't stand on ...
— The Common Law • Robert W. Chambers

... it would be imprudent to mention that his destination was the bank, so he answered guardedly, "I am going to see the town. I may stop over night." ...
— The Young Bank Messenger • Horatio Alger



Words linked to "Stop over" :   call, interrupt, break up, disrupt, cut off, stopover



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