settle down

🇺🇸 /ˈsetl daʊn/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsetl daʊn/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags CEFR-B2
phrase verb
B2

to become comfortable and at ease in a new place

After a few weeks, she started to settle down in her new apartment.

C1

to decide to live in one place and stop moving around

After years of traveling, he decided it was time to settle down.

translation

phrv. to become comfortable and at ease in a new place; to decide to live in one place and stop moving around