Meaning & use
settle down
To begin living a calm, stable life, often after a period of moving around or upheaval.
See it in a sentence
After years of traveling for work, they decided to settle down in a small coastal town.
Their parents hoped they would settle down and start a family soon.
A note on using this word
Settle down can also mean simply to calm down or stop being noisy, as when a teacher tells a class to settle down.
Words with a similar meaning
become established
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Another way to use it
2. phrase
To become calm or quiet after being excited or restless.
The teacher waited for the students to settle down before starting the lesson.
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