stop off

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place, either same-day or overnight.
   • It's a long drive across Texas, so we're going to stop off in Austin for a night.
   • Let's stop off at the supermarket for a second, we have already run out of milk.

   Synonyms:

   stop, stop by, stop in, keep, lodge, quarter, sleep over, sojourn, stay, stay over

2. (transitive) To fill (a part of a mould) with sand, where a part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.