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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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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