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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Nvidia rallied a quick 10% from there and then gave it all up and a bit more despite healthy, if not dazzling, quarterly results.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
Grande got there and then laid down an UNO reverse.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
As the son of Sicilian immigrants, Serra worked his way up by attending Middlesex Community College, earning a degree there and then at the University of Hartford.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Dec. 2024
The county could potentially consolidate some of its many offices there and then sell it later at a profit when the office real estate market recovered.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
Grande got there and then laid down an UNO reverse.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
As the son of Sicilian immigrants, Serra worked his way up by attending Middlesex Community College, earning a degree there and then at the University of Hartford.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Dec. 2024
The county could potentially consolidate some of its many offices there and then sell it later at a profit when the office real estate market recovered.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“There and then.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there%20and%20then. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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