Meaning

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

    Near-synonyms: stay over, lay over, lie over, stop off (all sometimes synonymous); see also Thesaurus:sojourn

    interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight

  2. (intransitive)To stop by.

    Near-synonyms: drop by, pop in, stop off (all sometimes synonymous)

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Can I stop over in Boston?

  2. The bus stop is over there.

    ruАвтобусная остановка вон там. — marafon

  3. Why don't you stop over at my place on the way?

    ruПочему бы вам не заехать ко мне по дороге? — sharptoothed

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  4. Tom stopped over in Boston for three days on his way to Australia.

  5. We stopped over in Boston for three nights on the way to Chicago.

Forms

stops over, stopping over, stopped over, stopped over
Base formstop over · to stop over
3rd person singularstops over
Present participlestopping over
Past simplestopped over
Past participlestopped over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystop over
he, she, itstops over

Past simpleLesson

all personsstopped over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stopped over
he, she, ithas stopped over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stop over

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • interrupt a trip:stop
  • interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight:lay over

Word family

1 related words
Relatedstopover

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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