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Stop Over (Verb)

Interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence".

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil".

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

We had to stop over in Tokyo on our flight from New York to Sydney due to bad weather.
Their flight was delayed so they decided to stop over in Paris for the night.
After visiting her relatives in London, she had to stop over in Amsterdam for a connecting flight to New York.
The plane had to stop over in Iceland to refuel before proceeding to Los Angeles.
They chose to stop over in Dubai for a short city break on their way from Rome to Bangkok.