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settle down

Phrasal Verb with settle
 
 
/ˈsetl/ verb

Definition

STAY to start living in a place where you intend to stay for a long time, usually with a partner: Do you think he'll ever settle down and have a family?
FEEL HAPPY to start to feel happy and confident with a new situation: Has she settled down in her new job?
(Definition of settle down from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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