stop by

(phrasal verb) to visit a place or person for a short period of time

Example Sentence:

A: Are you going home after work?
B: No, I have to stop by at the bank and pay some bills.

If you’re not busy, you should stop by and visit your mother. She is lonely.

Last night, I stopped by to the grocery store to buy eggs.

The man’s friends became annoyed when he kept stopping by before calling first.

Similar idioms:

1. stop in
2. call one’s dogs off
3. homesick
4. blue in the face
5. don’t put all your eggs in one basket
6. break down
7. pull the plug