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settle down

verb

  1. also tr to make or become quiet and orderly
  2. often foll by to to apply oneself diligently

    please settle down to work

  3. to adopt an orderly and routine way of life, take up a permanent post, etc, esp after marriage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Their respective partners, however, want to settle down.

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"I can only hope it is a sledgehammer attention-grabbing move which then settles down to more specific targeting in the months ahead," he said.

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It's taken time for all of those factors to settle down but in Glasner's trusted 3-4-2-1 formation, the Eagles are highly organised and have built real momentum as they approach the end of the season.

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"I don't think I would buy a car made in the United States just because of the tariffs, I think I would probably wait a few years until things settle down," she explained.

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Charles used a chunk of his money to travel the world and settled down with souvenir magnets cluttering every inch of his fridge.

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