ADVERB
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in a difficult situation
that question really put him on the spot -
without delay or immediately
thought they were going to shoot us down on the spot
we hired her on the spot -
at the place in question; there
they were on the spot when it happened
it had to be decided by the man on the spot
How To Use on the spot In A Sentence
- I could perceive no trace of a metallic vein, so thoroughly had it been worked out, but scattered over the hillside with schist, talcose slate, and fragments of quartz, was a great deal of scoriae, showing that metal of some kind had been excavated, and that the smelting had been done on the spot. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine
- And when Elliot Spitzer got caught fooling w/a prostie, he resigned on the spot … saaaaaaaaaaaay … WHY is Vitter still in office? Think Progress » Vitter receives standing ovation at Southern Republican Leadership Conference.
- The twist-up pencil point lets you dot concealer exactly on the spot without hitting the surrounding skin.
- It was such a good offer that I closed with him on the spot.
- Employees will work to prequalify iPhone customers while they wait in line; those buyers will receive a claim ticket for the phone, which Apple says can be redeemed on the spot or later the same day by 6PM (or 4PM on Sundays). Apple stores opening early for iPhone customers
- They compose the songs on the spot.
- He made a counter-offer on the spot, making me Special Correspondent with a 120 per cent rise in salary!
- And if we do, our butchers will make you some fresh on the spot. The Sun
- All in all, men no longer need to be concerned that they will be put on the spot to learn mambos and cha chas in class.
- I concentrated on sliding into his life, his history, his sacred imperial flesh, flesh that a person could be killed on the spot for touching with their eyes, let alone his dirty ungentle hands.
