Phrase guide

stop over

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stay over, lay over, lie over, stop off, keep, lodge, quarter, sleep over, sojourn, stay, stop, stop over, tarry

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To stop by.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drop by, pop in, stop off

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

interrupt a trip

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we stopped at Aunt Mary's house
  • they stopped for three days in Florence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stop

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off

Narrower terms: call, lay over, stop over

4

verb

Meaning 4

interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lay over

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stop, stop over

History

Etymology

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