to be within call 1
1within\ 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… …
2within 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… …
3within 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… …
4within 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 …
5within call — phrasal within hearing or reach of a summons ; subject to summons …
6within call — idi close enough to be spoken to or summoned …
7within\ 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… …
8call — [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.… …
9call — /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… …
10call — 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,… …
