within calling distance

within calling distance

Close enough to clearly hear when someone is calling to or summoning one. I don't mind if you play outside, but stay within calling distance, OK? Be sure you're within calling distance the whole time—it's very easy to get lost in these mountains.
See also: calling, distance, within
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dial into
  • finger in the pie, have a
  • have a finger in the pie
  • have a/(one's) finger in the pie
  • call (something) into play
  • head hunter
  • headhunter
  • finger in the pie
  • (something)-adjacent
  • Is (someone) there?
References in periodicals archive
At a time when few mothers worked outside of the home, there was usually a parent within calling distance to bandage a skinned knee or pour Kool-Aid.
As a resident, living in Old St Mellons within calling distance of the church, I enjoy the church bells.
Not one post-1945 New Town comes within calling distance of its Victorian predecessors for that forbidden, expensive quality of beauty.
Perhaps it's an idea of everyone being about - not doing the same thing but being within calling distance, like packs of animals or flocks of birds.
There is an FA Cup tie at home against Coventry City from a division down which, if won, puts United within calling distance of the final, especially if the draw is as kind as it has been so far.
If you are within calling distance, invite her to come and tell stories in the midst of your community.
It took us about 20 minutes to get within calling distance of the talkative gobbler.
WELL, there's nothing magic about beds and bedrooms, and you'll break your daughter's habit much faster if you let her stay on a sofa in the back room so she can see you passing and knows you're within calling distance.