on the spot
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) At that very moment.
- Synonyms: right away, then and there
- He liked the house, so he made an offer on the spot.
- (idiomatic) Having to answer or decide without warning or preparation.
- All the sudden questions put him on the spot and he had to think quickly.
- (idiomatic) In a particular place.
- Synonyms: in place, on location, on site, on the premises, in the room
- This report comes from our man on the spot in Gaza.
- We exercised by jumping up and down on the spot.
- 1928, Dorothy L. Sayers, "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers", in Lord Peter Views the Body,
- I had accepted an engagement to go out with Mystofilms Ltd. in Fake of Dead Man's Bush—the dwarf-men picture, you know, taken on the spot among the Australian bushmen.
- French: sur-le-champ
- Italian: subito, immediatamente
- Russian: неме́дленно
- French: sur place
- Italian: sul posto
- Russian: на ме́сте
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