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stop off

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.
stop off (some place) (for a period of time)
to halt or pause for a certain period of time. I need to stop off for a rest. Let's find a little town and stop off. I have to stop off at the store for a minute. We stopped off for a while at the park.
See also: stop


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I should have liked to stop off and explore them, but the business of empire would brook no unnecessary delays.
What d'ye say we stop off an' go for a swim this afternoon?
"If I make pretty handsomely on one or two next gangs," he thought, "I reckon I'll stop off this yer; it's really getting dangerous.
 
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