To stop off is to break a journey somewhere on the way. Not the destination — a pause.
It takes at or in. The phrase always implies the main journey continues afterwards, which is what separates it from simply stopping. Long drives are full of stop-offs for petrol and coffee. There is a related noun stopover, used mainly of flights, meaning a break long enough to leave the airport. Stop by means to visit briefly rather than to interrupt a journey.
1phrasestop offTo break a journey briefly at a place.
“We can stop off at the farm shop on the way back.”
Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove
First appears in chapter 24 of A Man Called Ove.
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