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Synonyms for on-the-spot
on-the-spot
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Princeton's WordNet
on-the-spot(a), on-the-scene(a)adverb
at the scene of action
"an on-the-spot reporter"; "on-the-spot inspections"; "an on-the scene newscast"
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off-siteon the spotadverb
without delay or immediately
"we hired her on the spot"; "thought they were going to shoot us down on the spot"
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on the spotAntonyms:
off-siteon the spotadverb
in a difficult situation
"that question really put him on the spot"
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on the spotAntonyms:
off-siteon the spotadverb
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"
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on the spotAntonyms:
off-site
How to use on-the-spot in a sentence?
We aresitting there going over thisone spot on the sonogram, he drops the wand andsays 'I have to get the doctor, the doctor comes in and helooks at me, and this is as cold asI can ever remember, he says, 'yourson has a fatal defect and he’sgoing to die.’.
William Shakespeare, "Macbeth", Act 5 scene 1:
Out, damned spot! out, I say!
It's in pretty good condition, it looks a little thin. It's swimming really good. We put a buoy on it last night that should slow it down, and we should be able to spot it.
Our goal is to fill the empty spot left by foreign companies.
I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable-and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men-brave men-will make it so.
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