Collocations for "arrive"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "arrive" in context.
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arrive
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- arrive [on time, late, early]
- arrive [on campus, at work, home]
- arrive in time (for, to see, to stop)
- arrive to [find, take, help, check]
- arrive by [train, plane, bus, car, taxi]
- arrive with [little, no] time to spare
- will arrive [in no time, soon, shortly]
- [might, may, will] arrive late
- [expected, due to] to arrive [any minute, at any moment, any time]
- [could, should] arrive (at) any time (now)
- arrive [after, before, no later than]
- arrive in style
- the [package, parcel, letter] arrived
- arrived [today, yesterday, on Monday]
- [should, will] arrive (there) [today]
- will take [three] days to arrive
- the [time, moment] has arrived (to)
- you know you've [really, truly] arrived when
'arrive' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Paris
- airport
- anxious
- anytime
- assured
- base
- between
- bit
- clock
- cool
- destination
- due
- early
- expect
- fashion
- fiancé
- fiancée
- first
- fort
- fortnight
- given
- homecoming
- how
- in
- interested
- last
- long
- month
- more
- parcel
- particular
- please
- rate
- right
- safely
- scant
- scene
- sharp
- six
- slate
- speed
- sufficient
- suppose
- surveyor
- taxi
- terminal
- third
- timetable
- two
- wait