settle down
— phrasal verb with settle uk/ˈset.əl/us/ˈset̬.əl/verb
(FEEL COMFORTABLE)
B2 also settle into somewhere to become familiar with a place and to feel happy and confident in it:
She quickly settled down in her new house/job/school.
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- The children soon settled down and started their work.
- Come on, have a cup of tea and settle down.
- Have you settled down in your new house yet?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Adapting and attuning to something
- accustom yourself to sth
- accustomed
- adapt
- adaptable
- as (if) to the manner born idiom
- bearing
- get into the swing of it/things idiom
- get into your stride idiom
- habituated
- hang
- hardened
- plug
- plug into sth
- second nature
- settle
- settle in
- settle sb in
- settled
- stride
- swing
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(MAKE HOME)
C1 to start living in a place where you intend to stay for a long time, usually with your partner:
Eventually I'd like to settle down and have a family, but not yet.
More examples
- I can't see him ever settling down and getting a job.
- After years as a travelling journalist, she settled down in Ireland.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Living or sleeping somewhere
- abide
- domiciled
- dwell
- exist
- habitable
- inhospitable
- live in
- live in sin idiom
- live out
- live-in
- lodge
- residence
- residency
- resident
- residential
- room
- root
- settle
- squat
- stay
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