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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There’s nothing there and then, all of a sudden, there’s life.
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Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
If the email can be answered quickly, bash out a response there and then.
—Wired Insider, WIRED, 11 June 2019
Hadn't been in it for two years; got all the stuff in there and then its all gone.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Grain and coal in inconceivable volumes were sent there and then off to the world.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
If the email can be answered quickly, bash out a response there and then.
—Wired Insider, WIRED, 11 June 2019
Hadn't been in it for two years; got all the stuff in there and then its all gone.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Grain and coal in inconceivable volumes were sent there and then off to the world.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
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“There and then.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there%20and%20then. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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