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The phrase "within a stone's throw" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe a location that is very close by. For example, "My house is within a stone's throw of the local store."
Idiom
Stone's throw.
If a place is a stone's throw from where you are, it is a very short distance away.
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"Other people, it's a big deal, because you don't walk out and everything's within a stone's throw.
Noting the out-of-the-way location of the new site, which might make it more palatable to Garden City, Mr. Brewington said, "There's not a house within a stone's throw of there".
Just last week, McDonald's set up shop within a stone's throw of the home of the Catholic Church in Vatican-owned property, and not everyone is lovin' it.
He works, as everyone does in British films nowadays, within a stone's throw of Norman Foster's London Gherkin, and he's the kind of person who lives in a glass house at whom stones should be thrown.
Anybody within a stone's throw of the Mississippi River has a Twain attachment".
Restaurants within a stone's throw of the marchers were still serving meals.
Considering that they came within a stone's throw of succeeding, Mrs. Arroyo looked remarkably composed today.
WE swam in the amazingly transparent azure waters, within a stone's throw of our apartment.
He added, "Hubble takes us to within a stone's throw of the Big Bang itself".
My three schools (nursery, primary and secondary) were located within a stone's throw of one another.
Within a stone's throw of their flats are two important, though less influential, members.
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