ARRIVAL, ARRIVE, ARRIVED
ADJECTIVES
► NEW-COME newly arrived → 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► ARRIVANCE arrival, arrival of company → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CREEP a furtive arrival or departure → 1946 US sl.
► TOCOME arrival, advent, coming → 897 obs.
► UNCOMING failure to arrive → 1593 obs.
► VENUE arrival; the act of coming → 1400 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► MYSTERY a young woman newly arrived in a town or city, or with no fixed address → 1937 Brit. sl.
VERBS
► ACCEDE to arrive, come forward, or approach a place or state → 1677
► ADVENE to arrive at a place, event, etc. → 1684 obs.
► BEAT SOMEONE TO THE PUNCH to arrive at a destination sooner than another person → 1960 sl., orig. African-American
► BECOME to arrive; to come to a place → 885 obs.
► BLITZ to arrive or leave quickly; to appear → 1940 sl.
► BUTT IN to arrive → 1898 Amer. sl.
► BUZZ IN to arrive → 1930 Amer. sl.
► CALL FOR THE BUTTER to have arrived at your destination → 1975 US sl.
► COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK ► CRAWL OUT OF THE WOODWORK ► CREEP OUT OF THE WOODWORK to arrive on the scene; to appear; said of someone or something unpleasant → 1973 UK
► FALL to arrive suddenly; usually used of the police → 1940 Aust. sl.
► FALL IN ► FALL ON IN ► FALL OUT ► FALL OVER ► FALL UP to arrive, to go to, to visit → M19 sl., orig. African-American
► FETCH UP to arrive → 1958 Amer. dial.
► LEND to arrive, to come → 1100 obs.
► LOB IN to arrive unexpectedly → 1916 Aust. sl.
► NOSE IN to appear, to arrive → 1937 US sl.
► OOZLE to arrive surreptitiously → 1924 US sl.
► POLE to arrive, to appear → 1900 Aust. sl.
► PULL IN to arrive → 1905 Amer. sl.
► ROCK UP to turn up, to arrive; to arrive late or unannounced → 1982 colloq.
► SAIL IN ► SAIL INTO to arrive, to enter, esp. in a slow and measured manner → M19 sl.
► SHOW UP to arrive; to make a personal appearance → 1898 Amer. sl.
► SIFT IN to arrive → 20C US & Black British sl.
► TO-COME to arrive, to approach, to come to → 1393 obs.
► TOOL IN to arrive, usually at speed → 1960 US students’ sl.
► UNTO-COME to arrive, come to a place → 1440 obs.