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.
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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
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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
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“Settle down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settle%20down. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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