SETTLE DOWN
1. To settle down is to start living in a place where you plan stay for a long time, especially after living in many different places or travelling a lot.
Example of use:
- I worked in many different countries when I was younger, but I came back to the UK in 2005 and settled down and got married.
2. When two people settle down together they set up a life together and perhaps get married, buy a house and start a family.
Example of use:
- Alice and Peter are settling down and buying a house together. They are getting married in June.
- They make a lovely couple. I hope they settle down together.
3. To settle down is also to become calm and quiet.
Examples of use:
- I wish the children would settle down and go to sleep- I'm exhausted!
- Settle down class, and get your books out. Today we're going to learn about phrasal verbs.
- There was a fight between the rival football fans but the situation has settled down now.
| infinitive | settle down |
| present simple | settle down and settles down |
| -ing form | settling down |
| past simple | settled down |
| past participle | settled down |