then and there

adverb

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

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Theoretically, Intel should have cemented its monopoly then and there. Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025 The debate ended then and there. Robert Hormats, Time, 3 Sep. 2025 Finding the woman thrown clear of the car, Ashley — faced with her own mortality — decides then and there to get a divorce. Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 2025 Mariners manager Dan Wilson decided then and there that Woo's 95th pitch of the game would be his last. Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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