stop by

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w>stop by

vi → kurz vorbeikommen or vorbeischauen; to stop by somebody’s house → bei jdm hereinschauen (inf)

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I had mechanically turned in this latter direction, and was strolling along the lonely high-road--idly wondering, I remember, what the Cumberland young ladies would look like--when, in one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop by the touch of a hand laid lightly and suddenly on my shoulder from behind me.

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RAWALPINDI -- Citizens have protested against overcharging of wagon and Suzuki fare by Rs 5 from stop to stop by owners of Toyota Hiace and Suzuki's plying on different routes of twin cities.

Citizens demanded immediate stern action against unilateral increase in fares of public transport from stop by the owners of wagons and Suzuki drivers.