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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The most prudent course of action may be to let Charlie Coyle start next season there and then try to trade for one between October and March.
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
The musket balls were found together near a midden by the metal detectorist, cultural heritage coordinator Anthony Simmons said in the release, meaning a member of the First Nations could have brought the shot belt there and then discarded it.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Those productions were, during these years, essentially permanent ongoing businesses staffed with people who remembered the names of those, both onstage and backstage, who came and went, who were there and then no longer there.
—Mark Harris, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
But there must have been a pressure, or at least the possibility, of staying on tour for a whole ‘nother year, if not longer, knowing the demand for it was there and then some.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 15 May 2025
The musket balls were found together near a midden by the metal detectorist, cultural heritage coordinator Anthony Simmons said in the release, meaning a member of the First Nations could have brought the shot belt there and then discarded it.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Those productions were, during these years, essentially permanent ongoing businesses staffed with people who remembered the names of those, both onstage and backstage, who came and went, who were there and then no longer there.
—Mark Harris, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
But there must have been a pressure, or at least the possibility, of staying on tour for a whole ‘nother year, if not longer, knowing the demand for it was there and then some.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 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 May. 2025.
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