on-the-spot

See also: on the spot

English

on-the-spot (not comparable)

(idiomatic) At the scene; in the right place at the exact moment.
The hikers were issued with an on-the-spot fine for littering.
Now, over to our man in Tokyo for an on-the-spot report.
- 1961 May, “Talking of Trains: E.R. Man for Marylebone”, in Trains Illustrated, page 259:
  The L.M.R. is building up this new district organisation to ensure on-the-spot attention to the Marylebone suburban services, of which dieselisation with multiple-units has made a tentative beginning.

at the scene