within call

Idioms  

1. 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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within call

After the first operation, daughter Anna broke hospital rules and spent the night at her father's bedside, thus beginning a 16-year vigil during which, often for months at a time, she was always within call.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"There is a trooper within call who has a carbine."

From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold

"A very good proposal, Mr. Berkeley, by daylight, with a company of soldiers within call."

From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

I told her I would see, and trotted forward along the side of the path until I came within call.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.