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and then some

Idioms

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

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But most affected stocks gained it all back and then some after their crash diet 28 months ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 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

“Right now, it would take a miracle March and then some, really throughout this entire region, to really bolster the snowpack.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

You have done your duty, taken your mother’s estate over the finish line, and then some.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

Then some Joplin, who’s good, and then some Aaron Copland, who Mr. Russell said was his favorite composer even though he didn’t write anything for a flutist.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

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