settle down

verb

settled down; settling down; settles down

1

: to become quiet, calm, or orderly

Settle down, children.

When things settle down here, I'll come for a visit.

2

: to begin to live a quiet and steady life by getting a regular job, getting married, etc.

They swore they would never settle down and get married.

3

: to put oneself into a comfortable position

He settled down for the night.

4

: to become quiet and begin giving one's attention to something

They quickly settled down to their work.

Examples of settle down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After some early jitters in the first inning, the two teams settled down to play good defense in support of their pitchers. —Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026

Vital knocked in Trueblood before Choquette settled down and struck out the next two hitters. —Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026

Eury Pérez gave up Juan Soto's solo homer in the first inning and settled down to pitch solid ball into the seventh, Owen Caissie drove in both of Miami's runs and the Marlins edged the New York Mets 2-1 on Friday night. —CBS News, 22 May 2026

There in Syria, around the northern city of Idlib, a loose coalition of thousands of Uyghurs and their families began to settle down. —Emily Feng, NPR, 17 May 2026

Rhymes for settle down

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown