"stop by" meaning in English

See stop by in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: stops by [present, singular, third-person], stopping by [participle, present], stopped by [participle, past], stopped by [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stop by (third-person singular simple present stops by, present participle stopping by, simple past and past participle stopped by)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, by.
    Sense id: en-stop_by-en-verb-AvMH0Xgk
  2. To pay a visit briefly and informally. Synonyms: drop by, drop in, pop in, stop in Translations (to pay a visit briefly): отбивам се (otbivam se) (Bulgarian), ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗᎭ (galohisdiha) (Cherokee), poiketa (Finnish), faire une escale (French), wstępować [imperfective] (Polish), wstąpić [perfective] (Polish), dar uma passadinha (Portuguese), заходить (zakhodit') [imperfective] (Russian), зайти (zajti) [perfective] (Russian), visitar brevemente (Spanish), uğramak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stop_by-en-verb-SNvyQXIl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (by) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (by): 16 84 Disambiguation of 'to pay a visit briefly': 3 97

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "stopped by",
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          "text": "The car stopped by the side of the road.",
          "type": "example"
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stop, by."
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          "text": "Coordinate term: stop off"
        },
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          "text": "I'll stop by this afternoon to collect it.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "On our way back, we should stop by the grocery store.",
          "type": "example"
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        "To pay a visit briefly and informally."
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        },
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          "word": "stop in"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "roman": "otbivam se",
          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "word": "отбивам се"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "galohisdiha",
          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "word": "ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗᎭ"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "word": "poiketa"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "word": "faire une escale"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "word": "dar uma passadinha"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zakhodit'",
          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заходить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zajti",
          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зайти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "word": "visitar brevemente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
          "word": "uğramak"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stop by"
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          "text": "On our way back, we should stop by the grocery store.",
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          "word": "drop in"
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          "word": "pop in"
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          "word": "stop in"
        }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otbivam se",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "word": "отбивам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "galohisdiha",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "word": "ᎦᎶᎯᏍᏗᎭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "word": "poiketa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "word": "faire une escale"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wstępować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wstąpić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "word": "dar uma passadinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakhodit'",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заходить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zajti",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зайти"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "word": "visitar brevemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pay a visit briefly",
      "word": "uğramak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stop by"
}

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