stop-off
or stop·off
Origin of stop-off
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How to use stop-off in a sentence
It did not seem credible that the great man would make a special stop-off on his way to the coast, just to pay me a visit.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempFaix, yer ticket reads straight through, wid no stop-off priv'leges whatever.
Desert Conquest | A. M. Chisholm
British Dictionary definitions for stop off
(intr, adverb often foll by at) to halt and call somewhere, as on a visit or errand, esp en route to another place
a break in a journey
(as modifier): stopoff point
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Other Idioms and Phrases with stop-off
Also, stop over. Interrupt a journey for a short stay somewhere, as in When we drove through Massachusetts we stopped off for a few days at Cape Cod, or When you're in the area try to stop over and see our new house. [Mid-1800s]
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