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

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

For the first “Outrun” fitting, Snell arrived at Ronan’s home with five suitcases of options, including a garment steeped in personal history.

From Los Angeles Times

Shanley Breese, a law student who founded the Scottish Social Mobility Society, said that when she arrived at the university she had never heard of private schools.

From BBC

A few days later they will arrive at Port Lockroy, where they will spend five months among freezing and near-constant daylight.

From BBC

Related Words

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