within call

[within call] or [within hail] {adv. phr.}

1. Near enough to hear each other's voices.

* /When the two ships were within hail, their officers exchanged messages./

* /Billy's mother told him to stay within call because supper was nearly ready./

2. In a place where you can be reached by phone, radio, or TV and be called.

* /The sick man was very low and the doctor stayed within call./

* /The soldiers were allowed to leave the base by day, but had to stay within call./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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