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

"I shall be right within call at any time."

From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Virginia was again terrified and helpless at a moment when aid of the most determined and daring character was within call.

From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Alfred Ernest Rice

When he rode away from me in the forenoon he made no mention of his absent cavalry, nor did he indicate that it was not within call.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet