Английский словарь американских идиом - port of call
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Port of call
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 place you visit regularly or often; a stop included on your usual way of going. * /It was an obscure little restaurant which I had made something of a port of call./ * /His home had become one of my regular ports of call in Boston./
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~ n C usually singular 1 informal one of a series of places that you visit (My next port of call was the City Records Department.) 2 a port where a ship stops on a journey from one place to another (Our next port of call was Istanbul.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
(ports of call) 1. A port of call is a place where a ship stops during a journey. Their first port of call will be Cape Town. N-COUNT 2. A port of call is any place where you stop for a short time when you are visiting several places, shops, or people. (INFORMAL) The local tourist office should be your first port of call in any town. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
Date: 1858 1. an intermediate port where ships customarily stop for supplies, repairs, or transshipment of cargo 2. a stop included on an itinerary ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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