settle down

phrasal verb

settled down; settling down; settles down
1
: to become quiet, calm, or orderly
Settle down, children.
When things settle down here, I'll come for a visit.
2
: to begin to live a quiet and steady life by getting a regular job, getting married, etc.
They swore they would never settle down and get married.
3
: to put oneself into a comfortable position
He settled down for the night.
4
: to become quiet and begin giving one's attention to something
They quickly settled down to their work.

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Instead of being settled down in Dempsey’s home country of England, the two travel on a European road trip. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Nov. 2024 Many are still convinced that at some point, longer-term rates will settle down enough to transmit these cuts more broadly throughout the economy. Kelly Evans, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024 More than 1,000 people escaped and settled down before 2020, but COVID-19 made the escape route even more difficult, resulting in a dramatic decrease to 63 people in 2021, 67 in 2022 and 196 in 2023. Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2024 The duo met in the Instagram DMs in after Jason Duggar joked with his older sister Jana, who married her husband Stephen Wissmann in August, about settling down. Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for settle down 

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“Settle down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settle%20down. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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