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stopping in

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

Meaning of stop in

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

Questions about stopping in

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

Words near stopping in in the dictionary

  1. stopping cold
  2. stopping dead
  3. stopping distance
  4. stopping distances
  5. stopping down
  6. stopping in
  7. stopping into
  8. stopping it
  9. stopping lead
  10. stopping off
  11. stopping out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stopping in (page history and authors); stop in (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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