touch at some place
touch at (some place)
Of a sea craft, to drop anchor at some location. We decided to sail from Florida to New York, touching at Charleston, Beaufort, and Norfolk along the way. By the time we finally touched at port, our provisions were running dangerously low.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
touch at some place
Fig. [for a ship or an airplane] to visit or call at a port. We touched at Aruba for about an hour. Our little boat touched at a number of different islands during the two-week cruise.
See also: place, touch
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- touch at (some place)
- drop anchor
- weigh anchor
- be at sea
- under sail
- sail
- crowd (on) sail
- crowd sail
- at anchor
- crowded