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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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.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Ultimately, Mary is far too excited about roller-skating to start a fight there and then.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
That that baseline is there and then these big days really kind of draw on that and take it to new heights.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Going out to California to gather my family together, spend a few days out there and then come home.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Ultimately, Mary is far too excited about roller-skating to start a fight there and then.
—Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
That that baseline is there and then these big days really kind of draw on that and take it to new heights.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Going out to California to gather my family together, spend a few days out there and then come home.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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“There and then.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there%20and%20then. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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