It's a long drive across Texas, so we're going to stop off in Austin for a night.
If you stop off somewhere, you stop for a short time in the middle of a journey. The president stopped off in Poland on his way to Munich for the economic summit
[ 'stäp ] (verb.) 13th century. Middle English stoppen, from Old English -stoppian, from Vulgar Latin stuppare to stop with tow, from Latin stuppa tow, from Greek styppE.