within hail

within hail

Close enough to clearly hear when someone is calling to or summoning one. I don't mind if you play outside, but stay within hail, OK? Be sure you're within hail the whole time—it's very easy to get lost in these mountains.
See also: hail, within
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • within call
  • move within range
  • within range
  • come within range
  • stare out at
  • stare out at (someone or something)
  • inch
  • within a whisker of
  • within a whisker of (something)
  • within a whisker of something
References in classic literature
He was presently within hail, and, looking up, caught sight of me.
Quest of the Golden Girl
It gave me the idea that he expected to be called, and intended to remain in sight, or within hail. Then Mimi got another cup and made fresh tea, and we all went on together."
Lair of the White Worm
When we came within hail, one of the four natives who were present advanced to receive us, and began to shout most vehemently, wishing to direct us where to land.
The Voyage of the Beagle
But the best fun was when the boys were put on the wheel together, Tom Platt within hail, and she cuddled her lee-rail down to the crashing blue, and kept a little home-made rainbow arching unbroken over her windlass.
Captains Courageous
There being to my knowledge a respectable lodging-house in Essex-street, the back of which looked into the Temple, and was almost within hail of my windows, I first of all repaired to that house, and was so fortunate as to secure the second floor for my uncle, Mr.
Great Expectations
"In half an hour she was abreast, to windward, within hail, and rolling slightly, with her engines stopped.
Youth A Narrative
A long-beaked, bright steel ninety-footer floated at ease for one instant within hail of us, her slings coiled ready for rescues, and a single hand in her open tower.
Actions and Reactions
Now he went down into a valley, where they could not see him; but they heard the sharp, hasty tramp, rising nearer and nearer; at last they saw him emerge on the top of an eminence, within hail.
Uncle Toms Cabin
An' til we came to the Dardanelles and had to wait to get our permit to pass, we never were within hail o' aught.
Dracula
If you don't--it's a fine, law-abiding country is England, and there's always a policeman within hail.'
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Finally, no two storms are alike, yet the thresholds used for classification and size estimation within hail detection algorithms are fixed.
Automated hail tracks: The dark side of dual-pol radar
The 3rd round will be held within Hail Rally 2009 on Jan.
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