stop by

To visit someone or a place for a short time, usually without a formal arrangement.

• Stop by after work.
• I stopped by your house, but you were out.
• Could you stop by tomorrow to collect the books?

How to use it: stop by somewhere (I stopped by the office to collect my bag.); stop by to do something (Please stop by to say hello.)

Similar words: drop by, pop in, call in

Common phrases: stop by later, stop by somewhere, stop by for coffee

To end your movement next to a place or thing.

• We stopped by the gate.
• The car stopped by the side of the road.
• She stopped by a tree and tied her shoe.

How to use it: stop by something (The cyclist stopped by a tree to rest.)

Similar words: halt beside

Common phrases: stop by something, stop by a gate, stop by the road