stop by
Speech parts
1. stop by - Verb
2. stop by - Phrase
Meaning
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, by.
The car stopped by the side of the road.
To pay a visit briefly.
I'll stop by this afternoon to collect it.
On our way back, we should stop by the grocery store.
Synonyms
Examples
It used to be that if you had a pretty good record, you could stop by a station in Little Rock or Atlanta and let the DJ listen to it. No way something like that can happen now.
It's the time of turning and there's something stirring outside. It's the time of turning and the old world's falling. Nothing you can do can stop by the next emerging. Time of the turning and we'd better learn to say our goodbyes.
Hello!? Stop by for coitus!
I got nothing. I got my shoes and my pants. I'm staying with a friend. I stop by my mother's every once in a while to get my calls. I don't want to be anywhere anybody can find me.
I never imagined working with CEOs, congressmen or the military, yet I make regular visits to the Pentagon, stop by the Capitol now and then and sit down with leaders of all kinds of companies.
I've got corporate executives, my bosses... this is true... who will text message me... and say, 'Hey a, heard you had chemotherapy today, want me to stop by and pick you up something to eat and bring it to you?' Whose boss does that? My bosses do that.