take up residence

idiom

formal
: to establish a home
Birds have taken up residence in the barn.

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Southern Methodist University is the latest to take up residence at Pegasus Park, moving its biotech research to the facility. Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023 These pesky pimples take up residence right on the cusp of where your lips meet the rest of your face (called the lip line). Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022 American refugees who make it to Canada take up residence in Little America, a safe-haven complex in Toronto for those fleeing Gilead. Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022 The first white man to take up residence at the confluence was Johnson Gardner, an American Fur Company trapper who caught beavers along the Yellowstone River in the 1830s. Megan Kate Nelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for take up residence 

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“Take up residence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20up%20residence. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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