and then some

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]

Example Sentences

Since then, Oracle has lost all of that ground and then some.

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Executives last month said cheese from the crusts of pizzas sold would easily wrap around the Earth and then some.

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Against all odds, it does, and then some.

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This morning, I had five egg whites and then some baked vegetables like broccoli and asparagus and zucchini.

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That sent the S&P 500 to its worst day since April’s tariff-fueled market chaos, with the broad index surrendering all of its gains for the week and then some.

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