1
[ verb ] reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress

Synonyms

come get

Examples

"She arrived home at 7 o'clock" "He got into college" "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Hansen arrived just before nightfall , two hours late , in company with Lee_MacPhail ; J._A._W._Iglehart , chairman of the Oriole board_of_directors , and Public_Relations_Director Jack_Dunn .

(Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)

Since arriving here , however , I have formed a far different religious picture of present-day England .

(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)

As the robbers leave the looted train , the film suddenly cuts_back to the station , where the telegrapher 's little daughter arrives with her father 's dinner_pail only to find him bound on the floor .

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Arriving at daybreak , they found Julio in his corral and demanded that he surrender .

Traveling all night , Clark and twelve men arrived at about seven o'clock May 22 .

2
[ verb ] succeed in a big way; get to the top

Synonyms

make_it go_far get_in

Examples

"After he published his book, he had arrived" "I don't know whether I can make it in science!" "You will go far, my boy!"

Related terms

succeed

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