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there and then

there and then is the alternative form of then and there.

Meaning of then and there

Adverb

then and there (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Right at that moment in time and on the spot; immediately.
    • When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    there and then

Forms of there and then

comparativemore there and then
superlativemost there and then

Questions about there and then

What is there and then the alternative form of?
There and then is the alternative form of then and there.

Words near there and then in the dictionary

  1. therbligs
  2. there
  3. there again
  4. there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
  5. there and back
  6. there and then
  7. there are
  8. there are bad apples in every orchard
  9. there are many ways to skin a cat
  10. there are more horses' asses than horses
  11. there are no atheists in foxholes

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