[port of call] {n. phr.} 1. Any of the ports that a ship visitsafter the start of a voyage and before the end; a port wherepassengers 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. Aplace you visit regularly or often; a stop included on your usual wayof going.
It was an obscure little restaurant which I had madesomething of a port of call.
His home had become one of my regularports of call in Boston.
Минусы школьной формы на английском.
My future career topic.
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Значение идиомы port of call