Meaning of first port of call | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The first port that a vessel calls in at after the start of a voyage
2. The first place to go to start a process.
   idiomatic

Examples

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

“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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