then and there

Idioms  

1. Also, there and then. At that precise time and place; on the spot. For example, When the board questioned his judgment again, he resigned then and there. The first term was first recorded in 1442, the variant in 1496.

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Example Sentences

If only it had started to rain, the fire might have been extinguished right then and there.

From Literature

Afterward, “she decided right then and there, ‘I’m going to become a police officer,’” he told the outlet.

From Los Angeles Times

He pauses a second: “When we bless the challah, one person touches it and everyone else makes an unbroken chain, putting a hand on the next person so we are all part of the blessing. My oldest son turns and reaches out and grabs my hand so I can be part of the chain. And I just burst into tears. I decided then and there that I will convert. There is no more ‘life got in the way.’

From Los Angeles Times

We decide then and there to do his story.

From The Wall Street Journal

Constitutionally, I was born equal to all the other babies born then and there.

From The Wall Street Journal