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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