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on-the-spot en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) At the scene; in the right place at the exact moment.
   • Now, over to our man in Tokyo for an on-the-spot report.
   • The hikers were issued with an on-the-spot fine for littering.
   • The L.M.R. is building up this new district organisation to ensure on-the-spot attention to the Marylebone suburban services, of which dieselisation with multiple-units has made a tentative beginning. 1961 May, “Talking of Trains: E.R. Man for Marylebone”, in Trains Illustrated, page 259:

Relateds

spot-on

Translations (3)

cmn 現場的 /现场的 (at the scene) · cmn 當場的 /当场的 (at the scene) · fi paikan päällä (at the scene)