"stop over" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stops over [present, singular, third-person], stopping over [participle, present], stopped over [participle, past], stopped over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stop over (third-person singular simple present stops over, present participle stopping over, simple past and past participle stopped over)
  1. (intransitive) To interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-stop_over-en-verb-oFI-rb-S Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Synonyms: stay over, lay over, lie over, stop off, keep [obsolete], lodge, quarter, sleep over, sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop off, stop over, tarry
  2. (intransitive) To stop by. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: drop by, pop in, stop off
    Sense id: en-stop_over-en-verb--8sIXtrk Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: stopover [noun], stop-over [noun]

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To interrupt one's journey for a short (sometimes overnight) stay."
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