shouting distance

Within shouting distance from the deck, CEO Mikael Petterson said they would be sailing off "any minute now".

Where the two sides were even within shouting distance of each other was vanishingly small, if it existed at all.

Freaking Out never made the top 40, and its streaming numbers aren't within shouting distance of Walker's biggest hits, Leave A Light On and Just You And I.

As Generation X comes within shouting distance of retirement, with its oldest members just four years shy of the age at which they can begin drawing Social Security, the retirement plans of these Americans could be disrupted by debt, especially with the student loan-payment pause coming to an end.

All the signs of ordinary Lebanese life are within shouting distance - a minibus cruises down a nearby road.