on the spot vs in the spot

'On the spot' is the proper phrasing. 'On the spot' is a common English idiom meaning immediately or without delay. It is used to describe something happening instantly or in the same place.

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on the spot

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

The phrase 'on the spot' is used to describe something happening immediately or without delay. It can refer to making a decision or taking action instantly.

Examples:

He was asked a question and had to come up with an answer on the spot.
The manager made a decision on the spot during the meeting.

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The financial controller may carry out checks on the spot.
With devolution, stricter financial controls can be applied on the spot by the delegations.
Many children who ran, were killed on the spot.
The data submitted by the sole fully cooperating Japanese producer were verified on the spot.
Because they are putting you on the spot.
I put the Master of Baidley rather on the spot yesterday.
We did so immediately, on the spot.
I should have trusted my instincts and killed you on the spot.
Hydrolysis with subsequent disposal is a temporary storage on the spot.
I have added that OLAF must have the opportunity of exercising supervision on the spot.
He came that close to executing me on the spot.
This outcome was negotiated on the spot in Nice.
There is no money available for these things on the spot.
Don't put your mother on the spot like that.
I need my best people on the spot.
Now don't put the boy on the spot.
Over to Rosa, who is on the spot.
You're putting me on the spot.
Putting him on the spot a little bit.
You put him on the spot just now.

Alternatives:

immediately
instantly
without delay
right away
at once

in the spot

This phrase is incorrect in English. The correct preposition to use with 'spot' in this context is 'on.'

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I'm an adjunct professor and I believe you parked in the spot reserved for my Segway.
(Oskar) there's a red sedan outside, Parked in the spot closest to the door.
So if he didn't park in the spot...
He's home at last, Mom, in the spot we always saved for him.
Being in the spot light even for one night makes me nervous.
Made in the spot where Mr. Clutter was murdered.
And just like that, Mike found himself in the spot I was in not so long ago.
However, more than half of the production is sold in the spot market.
The power will have to be physically traded in the spot market before the contract is settled.
I think we could cook out the truck and serve up in the spot.
The only weird thing is, there were traces of white fir pollen in the spot where they think that Connor was grabbed.
and I was in the spot you're in...
Samples that record PI values above and below the threshold for the duplicate wells are considered doubtful. Such samples may be re-tested in the spot test and by titration.
Samples that record PI values above and below the threshold for the duplicate wells are considered doubtful; such samples may be re-tested in the spot test and/or titration.
First car in the spot gets it. Aah!
The absence of basic 'anti-phishing' controls, security precautions and identity checks in the EU ETS allows the resale of stolen carbon permits in the spot market.
the net forward position (i.e. all amounts to be received less all amounts to be paid under forward exchange transactions, including currency futures and the principal on currency swaps not included in the spot position),
the net forward position, which are all amounts to be received less all amounts to be paid under forward exchange and gold transactions, including currency and gold futures and the principal on currency swaps not included in the spot position;
In the spot he's in, who wouldn't be?
In the spot he's in, who wouldn't be?

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