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stop over

sto·po·ver

uncommon

verb

1.

interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight

  • “We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil”
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2.

interrupt a trip

  • “we stopped at Aunt Mary”
  • “;”
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Origin

Deverbal from stop over.

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