settle down
verb- To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness. · It took John a while to settle down after the phone call.
- To establish a settled lifestyle for oneself, especially by marrying.
- To grow comfortable and familiar with one's new accommodation or circumstances. · I have not yet settled down in my new apartment.
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That done, we gradually began to settle down and to accommodate ourselves to our new surroundings.
I’ll be heartily glad when all this fuss is over and you’ll be able to settle down.
JUNIOR Avonlea found it hard to settle down to humdrum existence again.
But I simply couldn’t settle down to study tonight.
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