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For a sore throat, it's certainly easy to stop by a local drugstore and pick up a pack of lozenges.
What is the meaning of "by" here?
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stop by - Definitions from Dictionary.com

Also, stop in. Pay a brief visit, as in I hope you'll stop by this afternoon, or He stopped in at Martha's whenever he came to New York on business.


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