stone's throw

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stone's throw (plural stone's throws)

1. (idiomatic) A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.

   Synonyms: stonecast, stone's cast, stoneshot, stone's shot

   A couple of grown-ups was standing a couple of stone's throws 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.

• stone-throwing

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