intransitive. Chiefly with at. Of a ship, a traveller, etc.: to make a (brief) stop at a town, port, country, etc., during the course of a longer…

intransitive. = to lie over at lie, v.1 phrasal verbs. U.S. colloquial.

to stop over: to make a halt (at a place) and proceed by a later conveyance. Similarly to stop off. Originally U.S.

to break one's fall, to break one's journey, to break the force of a blow.