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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Novak was very clearly going to the bench for a change, and Coyle basically escorted him there and then took another stride toward Columbus’ bench.
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Other historians have determined that, without variolation, Washington’s army would have collapsed – ending the revolution there and then.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
But with this, the blood collects there and then extends into the outlying brain tissue.
—Josh Taylor, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
Orkney’s prominence in that circuit is evident in the vogue for Grooved Ware, a style of pottery that originated there and then spread across Britain and Ireland.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Other historians have determined that, without variolation, Washington’s army would have collapsed – ending the revolution there and then.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
But with this, the blood collects there and then extends into the outlying brain tissue.
—Josh Taylor, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
Orkney’s prominence in that circuit is evident in the vogue for Grooved Ware, a style of pottery that originated there and then spread across Britain and Ireland.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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“There and then.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there%20and%20then. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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