'settle down' definitions:
Definition of 'settle down'
(from WordNet)
verb
Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs" [syn: settle, settle down]
verb
Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down" [syn: settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down]
verb
Synonyms of 'settle down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alight,
- anchor,
- attain majority,
- be conservative,
- be moderate,
- be pacifistic,
- billet at,
- bivouac,
- bloom,
- burrow,
- camp,
- cave,
- cave in,
- colonize,
- come down,
- come in,
- come of age,
- come to anchor,
- come to maturity,
- crash-land,
- decline,
- descend,
- develop,
- ditch,
- domesticate,
- downwind,
- droop,
- drop anchor,
- ensconce,
- establish residence,
- fledge,
- flop,
- flop down,
- flower,
- flump,
- flump down,
- founder,
- give way,
- go down,
- grow,
- grow up,
- hive,
- inhabit,
- keep house,
- keep the peace,
- keep within bounds,
- keep within compass,
- land,
- lapse,
- leave the nest,
- level off,
- light,
- live at,
- live temperately,
- locate,
- lower,
- mature,
- mellow,
- moor,
- move,
- nest,
- not make waves,
- not resist,
- overshoot,
- pancake,
- park,
- people,
- perch,
- plop,
- plop down,
- plump,
- populate,
- practice nonviolence,
- practice self-control,
- reach manhood,
- reach twenty-one,
- reach voting age,
- relent,
- relocate,
- remit,
- reside,
- ripen,
- roost,
- sag,
- season,
- set,
- set up housekeeping,
- set up shop,
- settle,
- sink,
- sink down,
- sit down,
- slouch,
- slump,
- slump down,
- sober down,
- squat,
- stand,
- stay at,
- strike a balance,
- strike root,
- submerge,
- subside,
- swag,
- take in sail,
- take residence at,
- take root,
- take up residence,
- talk down,
- temper,
- toga virilis,
- touch down,
- upwind