STOP (BY) Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

stop (by)

verb

Definition of stop (by)

as in to run in

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Cade Gibson and Tyler Zuber then gave up four runs in the sixth inning and John King another in the eighth before Miami put together that ninth-inning rally to end the losing streak.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026
Herrera initially intended to run in Missouri’s 5th Congressional District to challenge Emanuel Cleaver.

— Jack Harvel July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026

Definition of run in

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Like many of the club’s acquisitions, Straus’ had been lauded as a definitive step in the right direction for a team that has largely underperformed.

— Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
The update, announced on July 20, marks an important step in the development of the power and propulsion system for the future combat aircraft being jointly developed by the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of step in

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The report said the number of requests had more than doubled from 3,656 in 2020 to 8,123 in 2025, with the largest surge coming over the last two years.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
The Celtics are still the Celtics, with a healthy Jayson Tatum, a likely better-shooting version of Derrick White and Mitchell Robinson coming over from the Knicks.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of come over

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The latest announcement comes by way of a manual fix, deep joy, for the sync delay issues that have impacted users of both client and server platforms.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Viewers were then taken outside the theater at street level to see Benny come by to sniff the globe as the show’s theme song played in the background.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026

Definition of come by

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