stop off

phrasal verb

stopped off; stopping off; stops off

informal

: to go or stay somewhere briefly while traveling to another place

I'll stop off (at the store) to pick up some milk.

She is stopping off in Miami to visit a friend.

Examples of stop off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On your way back to Snoqualmie, stop off at Reinig Bridge, the place where Ronette Pulaski (Phoebe Augustine) emerges from the woods after surviving the attack that killed Laura Palmer. —Katie Rife, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2024

After recording the interview, Biden stopped off for some mint chip ice cream from Van Leeuwen, with Meyers joining him and getting the honeycomb flavor. —Zeke Miller, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024

Sheeran’s tour stopped off at the harbour city in February last year, while Styles brought his show there in March. —Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024

There are multiple itineraries to choose from, each stopping off at different islands and exploring different parts of the Galápagos. —Karen Catchpole, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2024

The setting for it was modest: O’Neill was stopping off at the dry cleaners after work on Wednesday when the Pioneer Press called for a pre-arranged time to chat. —Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2024

Some major re-grouping is necessary for the coach and his team, who, on their way to California, stopped off in Denver, where on Sunday they got taken to the woodshed by the surging Denver Broncos. —Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023

Dust trek gets rolling on February 28 in Portland, Oregon, and stops off in Seattle, Austin, Orlando, Baltimore, New York, Nashville, Milwaukee, and more, before wrapping up on April 6 in Minneapolis. —Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 7 Sep. 2023

The 15-day journey aboard Holland America Line’s MS Zaandam departs from and returns to San Diego, with a stop off the coast of Mazatlán, Mexico, on the day of the eclipse. —Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2023