and then some
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Meaning · English
More than what is expected or required
Literally: in addition to something
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Every day of every week he becomes richer by more money than he made in his first ten Sixties films put together and then some.
He was dressed more casually, and, just as he looked good — and then some — in a business suit, Leith realised that to some women his tall, casually clad self was quite something more.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “and then some” mean?
More than what is expected or required Literally: in addition to something
Is “and then some” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.