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within hailing distance

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  • hailing distance — noun Etymology: from gerund of hail (IV) 1. : the limit to which a human voice is heard when a patron lives within hailing distance U.S. Post Office Manual 2. : a close proximity : short reach …   Useful english dictionary

  • hailing distance — 1. the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island. 2. a close distance; the reach of something or someone (usually prec. by within): Success is within hailing distance. [1830 40] * * * …   Universalium

  • hailing distance — hail′ing dis tance n. 1) the distance within which the human voice can be heard 2) reach; range: Success is within hailing distance[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • within hail — phrasal : within hearing distance within hail of the telephone Nevil Shute * * * (or within hailing distance) at a distance within which someone may be called to; within earshot …   Useful english dictionary

  • within cooee — phrasal : within hailing distance : not unapproachable * * * within cooee (Aust and NZ informal) Nearby, within calling distance • • • Main Entry: ↑cooee * * * within cooee phrase not far away Thesaurus: next to, near to and not far away …   Useful english dictionary

  • distance — n. & v. n. 1 the condition of being far off; remoteness. 2 a a space or interval between two things. b the length of this (a distance of twenty miles). 3 a distant point or place (came from a distance). 4 the avoidance of familiarity; aloofness;… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …   Universalium

  • Humphrey Gilbert — Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 ndash; 9 September 1583) GILBERT (Gylberte, Jilbert), SIR HUMPHREY (history), Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online , University of Toronto, 2005 05 02, webpage: [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=34374… …   Wikipedia

  • USS Saratoga (1780) — The first USS Saratoga was a sloop in the Continental Navy. She was named for the Battle of Saratoga. It disappeared in 1781. Its fate remains a mystery to this day. Saratoga was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Warton and Humphries. She… …   Wikipedia

  • close — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. compact, dense, firm; stifling, oppressive, muggy, stale, stuffy; stingy, tight fisted, niggardly; taut; confining, constrictive; near, intimate; secretive, reticent, reserved; approximate. See… …   English dictionary for students

  • near — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not distant in space] Syn. nigh, adjacent, adjoining, proximal, neighboring, not remote, close at hand, proximate, contiguous, handy, near by, hard by, next door to, at close quarters, beside, side by side, in close… …   English dictionary for students

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