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Arrive   /ərˈaɪv/   Listen
Arrive

verb
(past & past part. arrived; pres. part. arriving)
1.
Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.  Synonyms: come, get.  "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
2.
Succeed in a big way; get to the top.  Synonyms: get in, go far, make it.  "I don't know whether I can make it in science!" , "You will go far, my boy!"



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"Arrive" Quotes from Famous Books



... wife and that red-headed chap out to Arizona or California and I will set you up in the sheep business. I've got herds coming north now, but I'll turn a thousand back in your name, and by the time you arrive they will be on the southern range. ...
— The Free Range • Francis William Sullivan

... and I seem to be running a race which shall return to you first. I was compelled to leave Berlin before my long-delayed correspondence could arrive from London, and now it seems probable that I must leave Zuerich before it can follow me from Berlin. As a consequence I have not heard from you for weeks—not since your letter about your friend, you remember—and I am in agonies of impatience to know what has ...
— The Eternal City • Hall Caine

... which times his swiftness usually carried him into safety. But woe the dog that outran his fellows in such pursuit! White Fang had learned to turn suddenly upon the pursuer that was ahead of the pack and thoroughly to rip him up before the pack could arrive. This occurred with great frequency, for, once in full cry, the dogs were prone to forget themselves in the excitement of the chase, while White Fang never forgot himself. Stealing backward glances as he ran, he was always ready to whirl around and ...
— White Fang • Jack London

... entering, those repaired— Kali and Dwapara—to Nala's house, And haunted in Nishadha, where he ruled, Seeking occasion 'gainst the blameless Prince. Long watched they; twelve years rolled ere Kali saw The fateful fault arrive; Nishadha's Lord, Easing himself, and sprinkling hands and lips With purifying water, passed to prayer, His feet unwashed, offending. Kali straight Possessed the heedless Raja, entering him. That hour ...
— Hindu Literature • Epiphanius Wilson

... him tell her all about the Palais, which she knew more intimately than the lawyer did. Finally, she inquired at what hour Monsieur Camusot would arrive. ...
— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac


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