then and there

adverb

: on the spot : immediately
wanted the money right then and there

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The center has specialists in multiple fields and lets patients get most things done then and there. Ashley Milne-Tyte, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025 The three-and-a-half-hour special closed with McCartney performing a Beatles medley that imparted such a sense of finality, I wouldn’t have been shocked if Michaels had come out onstage afterwards and announced that SNL was ending right then and there. Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Feb. 2025 When this happens, your best bet is to negotiate a goodwill gesture then and there in real time. Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025 Of course the Great Depression happened then and there. Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for then and there

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of then and there was in the 15th century

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“Then and there.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/then%20and%20there. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.

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