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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]



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Some 25 years later, he's won his bet and then some.

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The head coach got what he asked for - and then some - as his youthful, much-changed team were beaten by next year's World Cup co-hosts.

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The team followed the advice to the letter and then some.

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But the Dodgers spend whatever they need, and then some, on deep and talented rosters of players, coaches and executives, and on player development and player acquisition.

Being tasked with holding onto your humanity and then some is a burden so heavy that, sometimes, all we can do is laugh to make the load feel a little bit lighter.

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