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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
port of call
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Hong Kong has been an important port of call for the U.S. Navy.
▪ My next port of call was the City Records Department.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Housing is a natural first port of call.
▪ I couldn't wait to put my name down for the Swimming With Dolphins Expedition at our next port of call.
▪ So make Shell your first port of call every time you need fuel - and watch those Air Miles add up.
▪ Sorrel was on duty at her stall on the corner of the flea market, so that was my first port of call.
▪ That means cutting off a day of transit on a cruise to Hawaii, and giving passengers an extra port of call.
▪ The Forty Foot at Sandycove was our first port of call.
▪ Your first port of call should be the Citizens Advice Bureaux.
Wiktionary
port of call

n. 1 (context nautical English) any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies 2 (context figuratively English) A place visited.

WordNet
port of call

n. any port where a ship stops except its home port

Wikipedia
Port of Call (1948 film)

Port of Call is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Port of Call (2015 film)

Port of Call is a 2015 Hong Kong crime thriller film written, edited and directed by Philip Yung and starring Aaron Kwok, Elaine Jin and Patrick Tam. The film is based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16-year-old female prostitute was found in Hong Kong in 2008. Port of Call was the closing film at the 39th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 6 April 2015. The film was theatrically released in Hong Kong on 3 December 2015.

Port of Call

A port of call is an intermediate stop for a ship on its sailing itinerary; see also Port § Port of call.

Port of Call or Ports of Call may refer to:

  • Port of Call, a 1948 Swedish film
  • Port of Call, a 2015 Hong Kong film
  • Ports of Call, a 1991 novel by Amin Maalouf
  • Ports of Call, a 1998 novel by Jack Vance
  • Ports of Call, a 1987 video game

Usage examples of "port of call".

The next port of call was Jupiter, and that presented problems of its own.

Her last port of call had been Dublin, but she had borne no cargo of any description upon her capture, had rather been in ballast.

Afterward Jason stood up and raised his voice to inform the crew that their next port of call was going to be the island of Lemnos.

True enough that Captain Vestrit never tolerated slackness in any man, but he'd simply be rid of him at the next port of call.

It wasn't until the sixth port of call that Danny had even a sniff of something promising.

But that was only one of the number of odd things that had happened on Rhysgaat, which had been the Groups last scheduled port of call before they slipped off on the long, curving run that had taken them finally into and halfway through an alien cluster of the Milky Way.

But that was only one of the number of odd things that had happened on Rhysgaat, which had been the Group's last scheduled port of call before they slipped off on the long, curving run that had taken them finally into and halfway through an alien cluster of the Milky Way.