on the spot

1. Lit. at exactly the right place; at exactly the right time. It's noon, and I'm glad you're all here on the spot. Now we can begin. I expect you to be on the spot when and where trouble arises.

2. Fig. in trouble; in a difficult situation. There is a problem in the department I manage, and I'm really on the spot. I hate to be on the spot when it's not my fault.

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The sapling which had rooted down to a poisonous stratum on the spot of its sowing had been transplanted to a deeper soil. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context "There are five of them," said Athos, half aloud, "and we are but three; we shall be beaten again, and must die on the spot, for, on my part, I declare I will never appear again before the captain as a conquered man. The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context In requital, having previously waxed his hand, a practice unknown, I believe, to the gentlemen of the modern fancy, he returned the box on the ear with such interest as to kill his antagonist on the spot. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context	on the quiet on the rack on the rag on the rebound on the receiving end on the right track on the rise on the road on the road to on the road to recovery on the rocks on the ropes on the run on the safe side on the same page on the same wavelength on the sauce on the scene on the scrap heap on the shelf on the side on the side of the angels on the sidelines on the skids on the sly on the spot on the spur of the moment on the stand on the stick on the street on the strength of on the stump on the table on the telephone on the threshold of on the throne on the tip of tongue on the town on the trail on the trot on the verge on the verge of on the wagon on the waiting list on the wane on the warpath on the watch on the way on the whole on the wing on the wrong side of	on the same wavelength on the same wavelength on the same wavelength on the same wavelength on the sauce on the scene on the scene On the Scene Productions on the scrap heap On the shady side of on the shelf on the shelf on the shelf on the shelf On the Shop Floor On The Shoulders of Giants on the side on the side on the side on the side on the side on the side on the side of the angels On the sidelines On the sidelines on the skids on the sly on the sly on the sly on the solid on the spot On the Spot (disambiguation) On the Spot (disambiguation) On the spot disambiguation On the spot disambiguation On the Spot Marketing on the spur of the moment on the spur of the moment on the spur of the moment on the square on the square on the square On the square with on the stand on the stand on the starboard tack on the starboard tack on the starboard tack on the starboard tack on the starboard tack on the stick on the street on the street on the strength of on the strength of on the strength of on the strength of on the strength of on the strength of on the stroke on the stroke

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The sapling which had rooted down to a poisonous stratum on the spot of its sowing had been transplanted to a deeper soil.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

"There are five of them," said Athos, half aloud, "and we are but three; we shall be beaten again, and must die on the spot, for, on my part, I declare I will never appear again before the captain as a conquered man.

The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

In requital, having previously waxed his hand, a practice unknown, I believe, to the gentlemen of the modern fancy, he returned the box on the ear with such interest as to kill his antagonist on the spot.

Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context

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