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stone's throw

noun

  1. a short distance:

    The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.



stone's throw

noun

  1. a short distance Also calledstonecast
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stone's throw1

First recorded in 1575–85
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Pauline and her husband Stan live about a mile away from Arnolds Field, and barely a stone's throw from the village of Wennington.

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There is shock here that a member of this community has been shot and killed at a home on a very ordinary street, just a stone's throw away from Talbot Green's popular out-of-town retail park.

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Black Sabbath formed in 1968, and held their first rehearsal at Newtown Community Centre, a stone's throw from Villa Park.

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Across Ridge Route Road, where a string of apartment buildings stood a stone’s throw from the flames, residents watched the spectacle like fans at a sporting event — phones held aloft, sharing the shocking images with friends and family via livestreaming video.

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“I used to say all the time, ‘Boy, I know one thing that will never happen is our place will burn down,’” said Peggy Holter, who in 1978 purchased a townhouse in Palisades Highlands, just a stone’s throw from the reservoir.

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