Definition of "long-distance call" []

• A telephone call made outside the local calling area (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "When Lew Friedland informed me of the nomination via a long-distance call from the World Triathlon Corporation WTC headquarters in Florida, I nearly fell off the stool on which I was perched."
• "I'm Walnut 7654; I want to put in a long-distance call to Dr. Kubelik, Mayo's Hospital, Rochester, Min­nesota."
• "He asked them if they knew where Mrs. Rubrick was as a long-distance call had come through for her."