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first port of call

noun

Definitions

  1. The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage

    • After leaving from Southampton, our first port of call will be Gibraltar.

  2. The first place to go to start a process.

    • When you move to a new country, your first port of call is often the local police.
    • To find the meaning of a word, your first port of call should be a decent dictionary.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA