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A very short distance, as in They live just a stone's throw from us . This metaphoric term alludes to how far one can toss a stone. [Second half of 1500s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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