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stopping by

stopping by is the present participle and gerund of stop by.

Meaning of stop by

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.
    • The car stopped by the side of the road.
  2. To pay a visit briefly and informally.
    • I'll stop by this afternoon to collect it.

Questions about stopping by

What is stopping by the present participle and gerund of?
Stopping by is the present participle and gerund of stop by.

Words near stopping by in the dictionary

  1. stoppin'
  2. stopping
  3. stopping and smelling the flowers
  4. stopping and smelling the roses
  5. stopping at nothing
  6. stopping by
  7. stopping cold
  8. stopping dead
  9. stopping distance
  10. stopping distances
  11. stopping down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stopping by (page history and authors); stop by (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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