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View definitions for settle down

settle down

verb as in chill out

verb as in mellow

verb as in nestle

verb as in repose

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Example Sentences

“People in their early twenties are not ready to settle down,” she says.

Should Courage give up her war profiteering and settle down to run an honest pub—even if it means abandoning her mute girl?

After a few months, though, if you choose to continue nursing, things usually settle down considerably.

His unwillingness to marry her and settle down has only increased her fervor.

Letting a million homeless Syrians settle down permanently and become Lebanese citizens isn't in the cards.

As night began to settle down over the land, the Queen Elizabeth seemed to feel the time had come to give full vent to her wrath.

He found all well on reaching home and prepared to settle down with a feeling of ability to the work of translation.

What we want to know is whats all this mystery-game—and, most important, when do we settle down and sleep?

Thyrsis saw clearly that he could not settle down to hard work while they were shut up there.

Trevor waited till the headmaster had gone back to his library, gave him five minutes to settle down, and then went in.

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On this page you'll find 260 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to settle down, such as: chill, cool it, cool off, loosen up, mellow, and relax.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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