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then and there
Idioms and Phrases
Also, there and then . At that precise time and place; on the spot. For example, When the board questioned his judgment again, he resigned then and there . The first term was first recorded in 1442, the variant in 1496.Example Sentences
That gap has grown to 16 since then and there remains the metaphorical length of the River Clyde between the two teams right now.
I had to leave then and there.
According to a recording obtained by CBS News, Rhodes said a few days after the Jan. 6 riot that "my only regret is they should have brought rifles, we should have brought rifles. We could have fixed it right then and there. I'd hang fu**ing Pelosi from the lamppost."
“Right then and there,†point guard Dylan Andrews said, “I knew what type of passer Aday was, having the IQ to be like, ‘OK, I can’t make the pass but there’s an open path, I’m going to find a way to get it there.’â€
I went into the meeting prepared to audition if I had to at that moment, and he offered me the role then and there.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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