and then some

Idioms  

1. And considerably more, as in I need all the help I can get and then some, or The speaker went on for an hour and then some. This idiom may originally have come from and some, a much older Scottish expression used in the same way. [Early 1900s]

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Example Sentences

She’d rallied and was back in charge at school now, and then some.

From Literature

Keith Andrews has done that and then some, guiding the west London outfit to seventh place on the Premier League's lowest wage budget and making himself an early contender for manager of the season.

From BBC

Everything that could have been done has been done — and then some.

From MarketWatch

But a frenzied 31% run-up in U.S. oil prices after futures markets opened Sunday evaporated and then some Monday in one of the most stunning reversals of the modern trading era.

From The Wall Street Journal

European nations are poised to double their defense spending—and then some—within a decade, taking the total for the region as high as $1 trillion, up from an estimated $440 billion in 2025.

From Barron's