stop off
verb1
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.
1 more example
- I stopped off at Welwyn North and took some photos.
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Arts, Crafts, Engineering, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Metallurgy, Metalworking, Natural sciences, Physical sciences 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.