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Verb: arrive  u'rIv
  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, arrives, arriving

Type of: arrive at, attain, bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], deliver the goods, gain, hit, make, reach, succeed, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win

Antonym: go away

Encyclopedia: Arrive