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on the spot |
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on the spot 1. immediately. If you're caught without a ticket, you're fined on the spot. We asked for the money and he paid us on the spot. 2. in the place where something is happening or has just happened. The police were called and they were on the spot within three minutes. 3. if you run or turn on the spot, you do it without moving away from the place where you are. I ran on the spot for ten minutes to warm myself up. See also: spot on the spot 1. immediately. Huge numbers of people donated blood on the spot. We fell in love with the puppy and bought him on the spot. 2. in the place where something has just happened. Police arrested the robber on the spot. See also: spot |
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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. "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. 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. |
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