All arrive at synonyms
arΒ·riΒ·vΓ© at
A a verb arrive at
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- proceed β to move or go forward or onward, especially after stopping.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- catch β If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
- progress β a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- accomplish β If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- sink β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- render β to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
- rejoin β to say in answer; reply, especially to counterreply.
- communicate β to impart (knowledge) or exchange (thoughts, feelings, or ideas) by speech, writing, gestures, etc
- state β the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health.
- reply β followup
- retort β to sterilize food after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods.
- cop β A cop is a policeman or policewoman.
- unzip β to open the zipper of.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- score β the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- acquire β If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- procure β to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- snag β a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- succeed β to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- grasp β to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- fulfill β to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- effect β something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- arrive β When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- latch onto β a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- make it β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- bring to light β something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- bump into β If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
- come across β If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
- come up with β If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- come upon β If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance.
- ferret out β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- make out β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- dig up β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- fall in with β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- hit upon β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- run across β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run into β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- scare up β to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- smoke out β the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- track down β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- read into β If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.
- light out β to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- strike out β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- take off β the act of taking.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.