within a stone's throw

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within a stone's throw (of something) and (just) a stone's throw away (from something); (just) a stone's throw (from something)

Fig. very close (to something). (Possibly as close as the distance one could throw a stone. It usually refers to a distance much greater than one could throw a stone.) The police department was located within a stone's throw of our house. We live in Carbondale, and that's just a stone's throw away from the Mississippi River. Come visit. We live just a stone's throw away.

See also: throw, within

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Maybe it's down to the fact the place is largely the domain of students, being within a stone's throw of Queen's University, and in the past I've just outgrown the haunts of my undergraduate years. Pub Spy; Swig McGuinness decides to chill-out in the heat at The ... by The Mirror (London, England) It will be staged within a stone's throw of the main Eisteddfod site at Bala. Artists pushed to limits by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The paintings of the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, were surreptitiously hung around three weeks ago in two top public galleries in Dublin - both within a stone's throw of his own offices. Irish PM bogged down by nude painting row by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)			with nose in the air with one hand tied behind back with open arms With or without? with own fair hands With pleasure with regard to with relish with respect to with tail between legs with the best of them with the best will in the world with the naked eye With whom do you wish to speak? With you in a minute withdraw withdraw from withdraw into withdraw into oneself wither wither away wither on the vine wither up withhold from within within a stone's throw within a whisker of within an ace of within an inch of life within earshot within grasp within hailing distance within limits within means within range within reach within reason within rights within striking distance within walking distance without without a backward glance without a by your leave without a doubt without a hitch without a murmur without a second thought without a shadow of a doubt without batting an eye without fail without further ado			withholding withholding Withholding Allowance Withholding Allowances withholding approval withholding assent Withholding Election Form for Periodic Payments Withholding Exemptions withholding of patronage Withholding of Tax at Source withholding period withholding tax withholding tax withholding tax withholding tax Withholding taxes Withholding taxes Withholding taxes Withholdment withholds withholds withholds withies within within within Within (album) Within a Deep Forest within a hair of within a hair of something within a stone's throw within a whisker of within an ace of within an ace of within an ace of within an ace of within an ace of within an inch of within an inch of within an inch of within an inch of life within an inch of life within an inch of life within an inch of life within appropriate time provided within boundary lines within bounds within bounds Within Broad Normal Limits within call within call within call within call within call within calling distance Within cooey Within Defined Limits within delta of Within Die Non-Uniformity within distance within distance

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