settle in

English

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Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To get comfortable or established, as in a new place.

   I had just sat down in my favorite easy chair and settled in when the phone rang.

   It took me several months to settle in after the move to New York.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:

     Changing trains at Hereford, I catch the West Midlands Class 170 that is waiting for me at Platform 1. Plonking myself in a table bay, I settle in to enjoy the trip on what is another quiet train - well, until Ledbury, where a couple of dozen people are waiting.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see settle,‎ in.

   the colonists settled in Montreal, she intended to settle in the practice of law

Translations

to become established

• Italian: accomodarsi (it), assestarsi, ambientarsi (it)
• Spanish: asentarse (es), afincarse (es)

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