"on-the-spot" meaning in English

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          "text": "The hikers were issued with an on-the-spot fine for littering.",
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          "ref": "1961 May, “Talking of Trains: E.R. Man for Marylebone”, in Trains Illustrated, page 259",
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        "At the scene; in the right place at the exact moment."
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        "(idiomatic) At the scene; in the right place at the exact moment."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "at the scene",
          "word": "現場的"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "xiànchǎng de",
          "sense": "at the scene",
          "word": "现场的"
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          "sense": "at the scene",
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          "roman": "dāngchǎng de",
          "sense": "at the scene",
          "word": "当场的"
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          "sense": "at the scene",
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          "word": "paikan päällä"
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      "word": "spot-on"
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        "At the scene; in the right place at the exact moment."
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        "(idiomatic) At the scene; in the right place at the exact moment."
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "at the scene",
      "word": "現場的"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànchǎng de",
      "sense": "at the scene",
      "word": "现场的"
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      "sense": "at the scene",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāngchǎng de",
      "sense": "at the scene",
      "word": "当场的"
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      "sense": "at the scene",
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      "word": "paikan päällä"
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  "word": "on-the-spot"
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