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port of call

NOUN
  1. any port where a ship stops except its home port

How To Use port of call In A Sentence

  • My first port of call will be the post office.
  • We chose the southern route for our cruise and so our first port of call was the beautiful bay of Les Saintes.
  • Folks in neighboring Peru also claim its paternity, telling tales of a dockworker in the port of Callao first pulling it off in an impromptu match against British sailors around the same time. Rooney Bicycles His Way Into History
  • We need to make sure that ideally the first port of call is the police. Times, Sunday Times
  • They are my first port of call when tummies are rumbling. The Sun
  • The inevitable first port of call, to my mind, will be monstering the ball carrier. Times, Sunday Times
  • He helped Huddersfield earn promotion to the first division in his first season at the club, and did likewise at Burnley, his next port of call.
  • Our first port of call is the turbine hall, filled with thundering noise and dominated by two gigantic machines, each as big as a locomotive, which generate the power of Scotland.
  • We had heard many glowing accounts from visitors, when "gamming," of the delights of this well-known port of call for whalers, and under our new commander we had little doubt that we should be allowed considerable liberty during our stay. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
  • After its switch towards selling to businesses rather than consumers, perhaps crowdfunding platforms should be the company's first port of call. Times, Sunday Times
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