then and there

[then and there] {adv. phr.}

At that very time and place in the past; right then.

/He said he wanted his dime back then and there, so I had to give it to him./

Compare: IN ONE'S TRACKS, ON THE SPOT, HERE AND NOW.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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