port of call

port of call
a) any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies

My first port of call was the home of an old friend of my mothers, an American woman whod married a French man.

b) A place visited.

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  • port of call — plural ports of call n [C usually singular] 1.) informal one of a series of places that you visit ▪ My first port of call will be the post office. 2.) a port where a ship stops on a journey from one place to another …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • port of call — {n. phr.} 1. Any of the ports that a ship visits after the start of a voyage and before the end; a port where passengers or cargo may be taken on or put off; an in between port. * /Savannah is a port of call for many Atlantic coasting vessels./ 2 …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • port\ of\ call — n. phr. 1. Any of the ports that a ship visits after the start of a voyage and before the end; a port where passengers or cargo may be taken on or put off; an in between port. Savannah is a port of call for many Atlantic coasting vessels. 2. A… …   Словарь американских идиом

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