settle down
(also tr) to make or become quiet and orderly
(often foll by to) to apply oneself diligently: please settle down to work
to adopt an orderly and routine way of life, take up a permanent post, etc, esp after marriage
Words Nearby settle down
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How to use settle down in a sentence
“People in their early twenties are not ready to settle down,” she says.
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After a few months, though, if you choose to continue nursing, things usually settle down considerably.
His unwillingness to marry her and settle down has only increased her fervor.
Letting a million homeless Syrians settle down permanently and become Lebanese citizens isn't in the cards.
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As night began to settle down over the land, the Queen Elizabeth seemed to feel the time had come to give full vent to her wrath.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonHe found all well on reaching home and prepared to settle down with a feeling of ability to the work of translation.
Robert Moffat | David J. DeaneWhat we want to know is whats all this mystery-game—and, most important, when do we settle down and sleep?
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonThyrsis saw clearly that he could not settle down to hard work while they were shut up there.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairTrevor waited till the headmaster had gone back to his library, gave him five minutes to settle down, and then went in.
The Gold Bat | P. G. Wodehouse
Other Idioms and Phrases with settle down
Begin living a stable, orderly life; also, marry. For example, After traveling all over the world for years, he decided to settle down in his home town, or Her parents wished she would settle down and raise a family. [Early 1600s]
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