stone's throw
See also: stonesthrow
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stone's throw (plural stone's throws)
- (idiomatic) A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.
- Synonyms: stonecast, stone's cast, stoneshot, stone's shot
- Several trucks rushed by, a stone's throw away from us.
- 1 March 2018, Tusdiq Din on BBC Sport, Mohamed Salah: Is Liverpool striker's success improving engagement with Muslim fans?
- A stone's throw from The Hawthorns is Oldbury, home to Baggies fan Ashley Rawlins.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 31, in Far From the Madding Crowd:
- He came on looking upon the ground, and did not see Bathsheba till they were less than a stone's throw apart.
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short distance
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