and then some

Idioms  

1. And considerably more, as in I need all the help I can get and then some, or The speaker went on for an hour and then some. This idiom may originally have come from and some, a much older Scottish expression used in the same way. [Early 1900s]

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Example Sentences

Keith Andrews has done that and then some, guiding the west London outfit to seventh place on the Premier League's lowest wage budget and making himself an early contender for manager of the season.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Everything that could have been done has been done — and then some.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

But a frenzied 31% run-up in U.S. oil prices after futures markets opened Sunday evaporated and then some Monday in one of the most stunning reversals of the modern trading era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

"There's a lot of things that we saw in Sam that we loved, and he's lived up to those things -- and then some," Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

My father wore it that weekend, and then some days I’d come home from school to see it on my mother or on Nation.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda