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

The deliveries depicted within Call the Midwife are bloody, breathtaking, and at times elegiac.

From The Daily Beast

I never understood before how terrible it was to be alone at night with a patient in delirium, and no one within call.

From Project Gutenberg

He did not think he would intrude again, even if he had companions within call.

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But, thereafter, when he arrived with the day's business she contrived to have Pundita near and Ramabai within call.

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And all the folks in the hay-field, I suppose, and not a creature within call.

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Dr. Vane was nowhere in sight nor were any of the women within call.

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