Meaning & use
and then
Used to introduce the next event, action, or point in a sequence.
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We finished dinner, and then we walked to the park for ice cream.
He apologized, and then he explained exactly what had gone wrong.
A note on using this word
Said with rising intonation as a question, 'And then?' prompts someone to continue or reveals impatience for the rest of a story.
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