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stone's throw en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.
   • 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.
   • He came on looking upon the ground, and did not see Bathsheba till they were less than a stone's throw apart. 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 31, in Far From the Madding Crowd:
   • A couple of grown-ups was standing a couple of stone's throws away from us.

Forms

Relateds

stone-throwing

Synonyms

hop, skip, and a jump · stonecast · stone's shot · stone's cast · stoneshot

Translations (27)

pt pedrada (short distance) · it due passi (short distance) · et kiviviske kaugusel (short distance) · da stenkast (short distance) · pt tiro de pedra (short distance) · sv stenkast (short distance) · cy ergyd carreg (short distance) · de Katzensprung (short distance) · hu kőhajításnyi (short distance) · pl żabi skok (short distance) · tr iki adımlık mesafe (short distance) · nl steenworp (short distance) · fr à un jet de pierre (short distance) · it tiro di schioppo (short distance) · ar عَلَى مَرْمَى حَجَر (short distance) · nl boogscheut (short distance) · no steinkast (short distance) · pl rzut kamieniem (short distance) · gd urchair chloiche (short distance) · es a tiro de piedra (short distance) · gl tiro de pedra (short distance) · fr à deux pas (short distance) · pl rzut beretem (short distance) · cs co by kamenem dohodil (short distance) · de Steinwurf (short distance) · gl pedrada (short distance) · fi kivenheitto (short distance)