now then

Interjection

Meaning

Used to move or return to another subject of discussion.
Now then, what shall we do?

A mild admonishment.
Now then, don't hit your brother!

A greeting.
Now then, John, what you up to?

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

sometimes infrequently

Examples

Some Will Hate You Pretend They Love You Now Then Behind They Try To Eliminate You. Bob Marley

Everything I know and I am and I have seen felt done past present past now then before now seen felt done hurt felt focus into a something beyond words beyond beyond beyond and it speaks now and it says. Stay. Fight. Live. Take it. James Frey

Counsel: [You are charged with] loitering to commit a felony. Now then Mr Golightly... Alan Bennett

Say if I was in charge and someone said that buildin' needs knockin' down, it's dangerous, if we didn't have a calendar we'd go 'erm let's do it now then.' Whereas cos we've got a calendar it's easy to say...'next Wednesday. Karl Pilkington

My message is that if we do not care about the climate crisis and if we do not act now then almost no other question is going to matter in the future. Greta Thunberg

Close letter words and terms

now that now that I think of it now that you mention it now we're cooking now we're cooking with gas now we're getting somewhere