there and then
idiom
chiefly British
: immediately at that place
I decided (right) there and then that I would accept the offer.
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Richard Pryor talks about growing up in a brothel and having to sit there and then watch men come in and out of his mother’s room.
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Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
There’s nothing there and then, all of a sudden, there’s life.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
If the email can be answered quickly, bash out a response there and then.
—Wired Insider, WIRED, 11 June 2019
Hadn't been in it for two years; got all the stuff in there and then its all gone.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
There’s nothing there and then, all of a sudden, there’s life.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
If the email can be answered quickly, bash out a response there and then.
—Wired Insider, WIRED, 11 June 2019
Hadn't been in it for two years; got all the stuff in there and then its all gone.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for there and then
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“There and then.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there%20and%20then. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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