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within call
Idioms and Phrases
Also, within hail . Near enough to hear a summons, as in Tommy's allowed to play outside but only within call of his mother , or We told them they could hike ahead of us but to stay within hail . The first term was first recorded in 1668, the variant in 1697.Example Sentences
And to-night I shall not fear to sleep, since he is close at hand and within call.
She’ll work to agitate Seattle Public Schools from within, “call them out on their progressive language that doesn’t turn into actual action.”
It stands alone and is a unique experience within Call of Duty with its own distinctive universe, characters, and innovations.
Grace Dare asked her readers to put themselves in the shoes of a young woman "cast adrift, you and your one corded box, on the streets of London with no friends within call, your home away at a Somersetshire farm or in a Welsh valley, and the few shillings in your pocket not enough to get you there".
Have an ambulance within call; for the prince that rules this day is sure to leave hosts of wounded and dying in his track.’
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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