settle down

phrasal 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

That's a launch pad that stability settles down in. —Robbie Owens, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025

Yet even after a career-spanning, globe-trotting tour, Minogue still wasn’t quite ready to settle down. —Stephen Daw, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2025

When all settles down, The Spirit of Christmas Past appears to the audience behind that shimmering pane of glass, aglow in a pool of otherworldly light. —Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025

Rodgers was supposed to be the quarterback who settled down the franchise. —Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for settle down

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