stop off
Verb
Meaning
(intransitive) To make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place.
It's a long drive across Texas, so we're going to stop off in Austin for a night.
(transitive, metalworking) To fill (a part of a mould) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.
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Examples
As the gardener, by severe pruning, forces the sap of the tree into one or two vigorous limbs, so should you stop off your miscellaneous activity and concentrate your force on one or a few points.
After the repeal of Prohibition, during a time in which shipping technology had improved, and the ships no longer needed to stop off in Madeira, the island which was directly in the trade winds between Europe and America.
An early 1 Period stop off Toews, but his stop of the Period and of the night was stuffing Patrick Kane on a break-away a shift later.
According to police, Rodriguez fired the weapon at 18-year-old Alexandre Nicholas while he was using his cell phone at a bus stop off Copans Road on January 16th.
Go for a stroll along the miles and miles of boardwalk beside the sands, and stop off for a coffee and some people watching.
Located centrally so great stop off whilst shopping.