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on the spot

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onthespot

  1. (idiomatic) At that very moment.
    Synonyms:right away,then and there
    He liked the house, so he made an offeron the spot.
    • 1739,Samuel Sharp, “Of Amputation” (chapter XXXVII), inA Treatise on the Operations of Surgery, London: J. Brotherton,page221:
      There are in the Armies a great many Inſtances of Gun-ſhot Wounds of the Arm near theScapula, which require Amputation at the Shoulder; but the Apprehenſion of loſing their Patientson the Spot by the Hæmorrhage, has deterred Surgeons from undertaking it.
  2. (idiomatic) Having toanswer ordecide withoutwarning orpreparation.
    Synonym:on the stand
    All the sudden questions put himon the spot and he had to think quickly.
  3. (idiomatic) In a particular place.
    Synonyms:in place,on location,on site,on the premises,in the room
    This report comes from our manon the spot in Gaza.
    We exercised by jumping up and downon the spot.
    • 1928,Dorothy L. Sayers, “The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers”, inLord Peter Views the Body:
      I had accepted an engagement to go out with Mystofilms Ltd. inFake of Dead Man's Bush—the dwarf-men picture, you know, takenon the spot among the Australian bushmen.
    • 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, inRailway Magazine, pages251–252:
      […] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed. Although these did not include the Emperor Alexander III, who escaped with a bruising, a footman serving coffee to him at the critical moment, and his dog, which was lying on the floor beside him, were both killedon the spot.

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Translations

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at the very moment
having to answer or decide without warning
in a particular place

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