within\ call

within\ call
• within call
• 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.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • 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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • 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… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • within call — phrasal : within hearing or reach of a summons : subject to summons * * * within call Within calling distance • • • Main Entry: ↑call * * * near enough to be summoned by calling she moved into the guest room, within call of her father s room …   Useful english dictionary

  • within call — phrasal within hearing or reach of a summons ; subject to summons …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • within call — idi close enough to be spoken to or summoned …   From formal English to slang

  • within\ hail — • within call • 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… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • call — [kôl] vt. [ME callen < Late OE ceallian & or < ON kalla < IE base * gal , to scream, shriek > Brythonic galw, call, Ger klage & (?) MIr gall, swan] 1. to say or read in a loud tone; shout; announce [to call the names of stations] 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • call — /kawl/, v.t. 1. to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home. 2. to command or request to come; summon: to call a dog; to call a cab; to call a witness. 3. to ask or invite to come: Will you call the family to… …   Universalium

  • call — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cry, shout, yell; summon, bid; convoke, muster; choose, appoint, elect; name, designate; visit, interview. n. summons, demand; shout, yell; signal; impulse, urge; visit. See choice, assemblage,… …   English dictionary for students

  • call — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Angelus bell, DDD, accompany, address, adjuration, adumbrate, alarm, alarum, allurement, animal noise, ante, ante up, antecedents, apostleship, apostrophize, appeal, appeal to, appraise, appreciate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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