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stop in

stop in verb: to make a brief visit to a place while passing.

Verb

stop in (third-person singular simple present stops in, present participle stopping in, simple past and past participle stopped in)

  1. (intransitive) To make a brief visit to a place while passing.
    • On my way to town, I stopped in at the new café for a cup of tea.
    Synonyms:
    stop by, stop off

Synonyms of stop in

Forms of stop in

third-person singular presentstops in
present participlestopping in
past participlestopped in
paststopped in

Questions about stop in

What does stop in mean?
Stop in means to make a brief visit to a place while passing.
What part of speech is stop in?
Stop in is a verb.
What is the past tense of stop in?
The past tense of stop in is stopped in.

Words near stop in in the dictionary

  1. stop cold
  2. stop dead
  3. stop down
  4. stop error
  5. stop errors
  6. stop in
  7. stop into
  8. stop it
  9. stop lamp
  10. stop lamps
  11. stop lead

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