the here and now Definition

here
adverb

1. At, in or to this place.
2. In the present life or state; at this point, stage or time.
3a. Used with this, etc for emphasis: after a noun;

Example: this chair here
3b. colloq or dialect
Used with this, etc for emphasis: between a noun and this, that, etc.
Example: this here chair

noun

1. This place or location.

exclamation

1. Calling for attention.
2. Calling attention to one's own presence, or to something one is about to say.

Idiom: here and now

The present moment; straight away.

Idiom: here and there

In various places; irregularly or thinly.

Idiom: here goes!

An exclamation indicating that the speakeris about to proceed with something, often with apprehension.

Idiom: here's to someone or something

Used when proposing a toast to them or it.
Example: Here's to the President
Example: Here's to gambling

Idiom: here today, gone tomorrow

A comment on the ephemeral or transient nature of something.

Idiom: here we are

This is what we are looking for.

Now we have arrived.

Idiom: here we go again

colloq
A phrase said on the recurrence of an undesirable situation.

Idiom: here you are

This is what you are after.

This is something for you.

Do it this way.

Idiom: neither here nor there

Of no particular importance or relevance.

Idiom: the here and now

The present time.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon her.