(just) a stone's throw away (from something)
- (just) a stone's throw away (from something)
within a stone's throw (of something) & (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.
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We live in Carbondale, and that's just a stone's throw away from the Mississippi River.
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Come visit. We live just a stone's throw away.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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