arrive at

Idioms and Phrases

Reach an objective, as in We arrived at the party right on time , or It took Harry only a few minutes to arrive at a solution . [Early 1500s]

Example Sentences

“Some students arrived at school truly upset & even crying only to be bullied later by their classmates,” she added.

From Los Angeles Times

The fire service said its firefighters arrived at the scene to find a bus in a ditch and they assisted the driver from the vehicle.

From BBC

A woman has told a court her brother arrived at her home with a gun and murdered her husband.

From BBC

The rescue workers had just left when we arrived at the scene of an Israeli air strike on a building in Aramoun, south-west of Lebanon’s capital Beirut.

From BBC

The event is arriving at a difficult time for the game industry.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• ascertain
• assume
• construe
• deduce
• derive
• figure out
• glean
• guess
• interpret
• presume
• presuppose
• reckon
• speculate
• surmise