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stops by

stops by is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stops by

What is stops by the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stops by is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stop by.

Words near stops by in the dictionary

  1. stops
  2. stops and frisks
  3. stops and smells the flowers
  4. stops and smells the roses
  5. stops at nothing
  6. stops by
  7. stops cold
  8. stops dead
  9. stops down
  10. stops in
  11. stops into

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stops 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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