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1. Reach a destination by movement or progress
   "She arrived home at 7 o'clock";
   - get, come
    
2. Succeed in a big way; get to the top
   "After he published his book, he had arrived";
   - make it, get in, go far

Derived forms: arrived, arriving, arrives

Type of: bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], deliver the goods, succeed, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win

Encyclopedia: Arrive