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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Example Sentences

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

He wondered whether Butter Tom remained within call, or if he were entirely alone.

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills

The work was but a pretext to keep him near her, within call, away from others, perhaps.

From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti

Australia, the only allied warship which, as the commander of the Scharnhorst knew, might conceivably have been within call.

From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette