Word info

first port of call

Noun

Meaning

(nautical) 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.

(idiomatic) 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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

If I could time travel into the future, my first port of call would be the point where medical technology is at its best because, like most people on this planet, I have this aversion to dying. Neal Asher

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