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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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]
American Heritage Idioms