English

Verb

to settle down ‎(third-person singular simple present settles down, present participle settling down, simple past and past participle settled down)

1. To become quiet and calm after a period of anger or restlessness.

   It took John a while to settle down after the phone call.

2. To establish a settled lifestyle, and especially to marry.
   • 1915, George A. Birmingham, “chapter I”, in Gossamer (Project Gutenberg; EBook #24394), London: Methuen & Co., published 8 January 2013 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 558189256:

     It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the **** begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

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