Meanings
- idiomaticnot comparableRight at that moment in time and on the spot; immediately.
'Well, I soon saw to that, I told him to bolt it then and there[.]'
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 991 more example
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., →OCLCSynonyms: there and then
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbRight at that moment in time and on the spot; immediately.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 當場 /当场
- 當場 /当场 (dāngchǎng)right at that moment in time
French immédiatement
- immédiatementright at that moment in time
Irish ar an ásc sin, ar an bhfáscadh sin
- ar an ásc sinright at that moment in time
- ar an bhfáscadh sinright at that moment in time
- ar an iarracht sinright at that moment in time
- ar an spotaright at that moment in time
- den fháscadh sinright at that moment in time
- lom díreachright at that moment in time
- lom láithreachright at that moment in time
Japanese その場で, 即座に
- その場で (sono ba de)right at that moment in time
- 即座に (sakuzo ni)right at that moment in time
Latin īlicō
- īlicōright at that moment in time
Russian здесь и сейча́с
- здесь и сейча́с (zdesʹ i sejčás)right at that moment in time
Cite this entry
then and there. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/then%20and%20there
“then and there.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/then%20and%20there. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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