STOP (BY OR IN) Synonyms: 19 Similar Words

stop (by or in)

verb

Definition of stop (by or in)

as in to visit

to make a brief visit stop by on your way to the game so we can go there together

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These surrogates, mostly in their 20s and 30s, provide companionship rather than specialized medical care, visiting, chatting, helping clients set up smartphones or accompanying them to medical appointments.

— HUIYEE CHIEW AND LYRIC LI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
But Luján says his colleagues are eager to visit him in New Mexico, too, even though Republicans struggled to even field a candidate against him.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of visit

Verb

After the Sox scored six runs in the first inning and led 8-2 after the third, most fans settled in for a postgame concert by country music star Cole Swindell.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Clark saw evidence of the league’s reach throughout Team USA’s run in Germany.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of run in

Verb

His August appointment at The Resurrection Project represented one more step in a long journey.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
However, Ore Energy co-founder and CEO Aytac Yilmaz believes this is where iron-air batteries could step in.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

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