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Stop over   /stɑp ˈoʊvər/   Listen
Stop over

verb
1.
Interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight.  Synonym: lay over.
2.
Interrupt a trip.  Synonym: stop.  "They stopped for three days in Florence"






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"Stop over" Quotes from Famous Books



... short journeys the ticket often resembles the small oblong of pasteboard with which we are all familiar. For longer journeys it consists of a narrow strip of coupons, sometimes nearly two feet in length. If this is "unlimited" it is available at any time until used, and the holder may "stop over" at any intermediate station. The "limited" and cheaper ticket is available for a continuous passage only, and does not allow of any stoppages en route. The coupons are collected in the cars by the conductors in charge of the various sections of the line. The skill shown by these officials, ...
— The Land of Contrasts - A Briton's View of His American Kin • James Fullarton Muirhead



Words linked to "Stop over" :   stop, interrupt, call, stopover, cut off, disrupt, break up, lay over



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