on the spot
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on the spot |
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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
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Johnny on the spot |
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advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, apt, assiduous, attentive, aware, careful, concentrated, conscious, decisive, diligent, earnest, expeditious, finical, finicking, finicky,
heedful, immediate, instant, instantaneous, intense, intent, intentive, meticulous, mindful, nice, niggling,
observant, observing, on the
ball, on the job, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, prompt, punctual, quick, ready,
regardful, speedy, summary, swift, watchful
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Main entries similar to: on the spot
aboard, apace, at once, cornered, cursory, directly, expeditious, expeditiously, feverish, flying, for the time being, forthwith, furious, hasty, here, hither, hurried, immediate,
immediately, in a bad way, in a bind, in extremis, in no
time, instant, instantaneously, instantly, last minute, momentarily,
nail, now, on board, out on a limb, outright,
passing, PDQ, prompt, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, right
away, slapdash, snap, speedily, speedy, spur, straightaway, summarily, superficial, swift, swiftly, threatened, today, tonight, trouble, urgent, without delay
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