english
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arrive at sth
to reach an agreement about something
• We all argued about it for hours and eventually arrived at a decision.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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arrive
adverbs
arrive home
• Jo should arrive home any minute now.
arrive early/late
• I don’t think we should arrive early.
arrive on time
• He never arrives on time for meetings.
arrive safely
• She phoned to say she had arrived safely.
arrive shortly/soon
• My parents are due to arrive shortly.
arrive unannounced
(= without anyone expecting or knowing you were coming )
• He arrived unannounced yesterday and stayed the night.
phrases
arrive safe and sound
(= safely )
• It was a great relief when he arrived back safe and sound.
arrive on the scene
(= at the place where something has just happened )
• Two more police cars arrived on the scene.
transnet.ir
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arrive
to get to the place you are going to:
• I arrived at the party at around 7 o'clock. • They were due to arrive home from Spain yesterday.
get
to arrive somewhere. Get is much more common in everyday English than arrive:
• What time do you usually get to work? • I’ll call you when I get home.
reach
to arrive somewhere, especially after a long journey:
• When we finally reached the port, we were all very tired.
come
if someone comes, they arrive at the place where you are:
• She came home yesterday. • What time did the plumber say he’d come?
turn up|show up
( also show up ) informal to arrive somewhere, especially when someone is waiting for you:
• I’d arranged to meet Tom, but he never turned up.
roll in
informal to arrive somewhere later than you should and not seem worried about it:
• Rebecca usually rolls in around noon.
get in
to arrive somewhere – used especially about people arriving home, or a plane, train etc arriving at an airport, station etc:
• I usually get in at around 6 o'clock. • What time did your plane get in?
come in
if a plane, train, or ship comes in, it arrives in the place where you are:
• We liked to watch the cruise ships come in.
land
if a plane or the passengers on it land, they arrive on the ground:
• We finally landed at 2 a.m. • They watched the planes taking off and landing.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb ADV. early, late | shortly, soon We should arrive shortly. | finally We finally arrived at our destination late that evening. | on time, punctually | safe and sound, safely | unannounced My uncle arrived unannounced yesterday evening. VERB + ARRIVE be due to We are due to arrive in Rome at ten o'clock. | fail to The package failed to arrive. PREP. at We arrived at the hotel late. | in I should arrive in London tomorrow morning. PHRASES the first/last to arrive
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
come:
They arrive at 3:00 P.M.
Simple Definitions