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Exact Match:

on the spot

without delay or immediately; "we hired her on the spot"; "thought they were going to shoot us down 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"

in a difficult situation; "that question really put him on the spot"

Synonyms:

• PDQ,
• aboard,
• among us,
• apace,
• as of now,
• as things are,
• at once,
• at present,
• at this juncture,
• at this moment,
• at this point,
• at this time,
• between two fires,
• but now,
• cornered,
• cursory,
• decisively,
• directly,
• endangered,
• even now,
• expeditious,
• expeditiously,
• festinate,
• feverish,
• flying,
• for the nonce,
• for this occasion,
• forthwith,
• furious,
• hasty,
• here,
• here and now,
• hereabout,
• hereabouts,
• hereat,
• hereinto,
• hereto,
• hereunto,
• hic et nunc,
• hither,
• hitherward,
• hitherwards,
• hurried,
• immediate,
• immediately,
• imperiled,
• in Dutch,
• in a bind,
• in a fix,
• in a mess,
• in a pickle,
• in a predicament,
• in a scrape,
• in a spot,
• in danger,
• in deep water,
• in desperate case,
• in extremis,
• in jeopardy,
• in no time,
• in our time,
• in these days,
• in this place,
• in this vicinity,
• in trouble,
• instant,
• instantaneously,
• instanter,
• instantly,
• jeopardized,
• just here,
• just now,
• just then,
• last-minute,
• momentaneously,
• momentarily,
• momently,
• now,
• nowadays,
• on Queer Street,
• on board,
• on the dot,
• on the instant,
• on the nail,
• passing,
• pretty damned quick,
• prompt,
• promptly,
• pronto,
• quick,
• quickly,
• right away,
• right off,
• slap-bang,
• slapdash,
• smartly,
• snap,
• somewhere about,
• speedily,
• speedy,
• straightaway,
• straightway,
• subito,
• summarily,
• superficial,
• swift,
• swiftly,
• this day,
• this night,
• threatened,
• to this place,
• today,
• tonight,
• urgent,
• with all speed,
• with us,
• without delay,
• without further delay