settle down

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verb

1. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground (Freq. 4)
- dust settled on the roofs
• Syn:
settle
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Hyponyms:
sediment
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style (Freq. 4)
- He finally settled down
• Syn:
settle, root, take root, steady down
• Hypernyms:
stabilize, stabilise
• Hyponyms:
roost
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation (Freq. 1)
- After the fight both men need to cool off.
- It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.
• Syn:
calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, cool it
• Derivationally related forms:
calm (for: calm)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s