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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.
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And to-night I shall not fear to sleep, since he is close at hand and within call.

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She’ll work to agitate Seattle Public Schools from within, “call them out on their progressive language that doesn’t turn into actual action.”

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It stands alone and is a unique experience within Call of Duty with its own distinctive universe, characters, and innovations.

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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".

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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

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