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stop off

verb

  1. make a short visit
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Wiktionary

verb

  1. To make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight.

    “It's a long drive across Texas, so we're going to stop off in Austin for a night.”

    “Let's stop off at the supermarket for a second, we have already run out of milk.”

  2. 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.