stop over (some place)

stop over (some place)
stop over (some place)
to break one's journey, usually overnight or even longer. •

On our way to New York, we stopped over in Philadelphia for the night.

That's a good place to stop over. There are some nice hotels in Philadelphia.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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