stop off

To visit a place briefly while travelling to somewhere else.

• We stopped off for lunch.
• They stopped off in Berlin for a night.
• Can we stop off at my sister’s house?

How to use it: stop off at a place (We stopped off at a café on the way home.); stop off in a place (They stopped off in Paris before flying to Rome.)

Similar words: stop over, call in

Common phrases: stop off at somewhere, stop off in somewhere

To fill an unwanted part of a metal-making mould with sand so metal cannot enter it.

• Stop off the unwanted cavity with sand.
• The worker stopped off one section of the mould.
• Which parts must we stop off before pouring the metal?

How to use it: stop off something / stop something off (Stop off this part of the mould with sand.)

Common phrases: stop off a cavity, stop something off