flying visit
A very short visit.
My favorite novelist was on a flying visit to London last week for a book signing.
visit
UK /ˈvɪzɪt/ US /ˈvɪzɪt/
verb 5noun 2
Definitions
verb
1
To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
2
To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
She decided to visit her grandparents for Christmas.
3
Of God: to appear to (someone) to comfort, bless, or chastise or punish them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.)
[God] hath visited and redeemed his people.
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.
4
To punish, to inflict harm upon (someone or something).
Her life was spared by the clemency of the emperor, but he visited the pomp and treasures of her palace.
5
Of a sickness, misfortune etc.: to afflict (someone).
There used to be a sharp contest as to where the effigy was to be made, for the people thought that the house from which it was carried forth would not be visited with death that year.
noun
1
A single act of visiting.
Next time you're in Manchester, give me a visit.
We paid a quick visit to James on the way up to Scotland.
2
A meeting with a doctor at their surgery or the doctor's at one's home.
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