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then and there en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Right at that moment in time and on the spot; immediately.
    • 'Well, I soon saw to that, I told him to bolt it then and there[.]' 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 99:
    • When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

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here and now

Synonyms

there and then

Translations (13)

ru здесь и сейча́с (right at that moment in time) · ja その場で (right at that moment in time) · ga lom díreach (right at that moment in time) · cmn 當場 /当场 (right at that moment in time) · ga ar an bhfáscadh sin (right at that moment in time) · la īlicō (right at that moment in time) · ga ar an spota (right at that moment in time) · ga ar an iarracht sin (right at that moment in time) · ga den fháscadh sin (right at that moment in time) · ga ar an ásc sin (right at that moment in time) · fr immédiatement (right at that moment in time) · ga lom láithreach (right at that moment in time) · ja 即座に (right at that moment in time)