Synonyms for settle down
set·tle down

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1. settle, settle downverb

   settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

   "dust settled on the roofs"

   Synonyms:
   conciliate, square off, square up, adjudicate, ensconce, go down, get back, cool it, go under, settle, locate, take root, chill out, cool off, determine, subside, finalize, resolve, sink, root, finalise, descend, nail down, simmer down, calm, steady down, make up, fall, patch up, reconcile, calm down, decide

2. settle, root, take root, steady down, settle downverb

   become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

   "He finally settled down"

   Synonyms:
   settle, descend, calm, make up, cool it, patch up, cool off, calm down, nail down, sink, go down, square off, subside, root, determine, steady down, go under, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, rout, decide, simmer down, square up, chill out, resolve, locate, finalize, rootle, take root

3. calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool itverb

   become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

   "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

   Synonyms:
   tranquilize, tranquillize, becalm, cool, settle, cool down, tranquillise, still, chill out, quiet, sedate, cool off, cool it, simmer down, steady, calm, root, steady down, lull, calm down, take root, quieten

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1. Keri Althoff:

   I'm concerned about that, but we were in a similar situation last spring, where we really got hopeful that things were going to settle down, and we got a little bit of a summer, and then we got walloped by Delta.

2. Craig Reedie:

   I don’t blame media for doing what they do ; we have to react to it and I think we have reacted to it pretty sensibly, particularly in the creation of an independent commission to look at it, i think it will settle down. Frequently before any championship, there is a sort of seething hotbed of discussion and rumor and then the sport starts. I think it might well be that tomorrow morning's marathon will be quite wonderful.

3. Rayaz Malik:

   So maybe there is an immune trigger that is switched on and it takes time for it to kind of settle down.

4. Berhan Ahmed:

   You would think, as a parent, maybe he's starting to settle down, he's starting to mature, starting his life in a different way.

5. Photographer Sim Chi Yin:

   She is one of the success stories, i think for some people there is true upward mobility but for many people the hukou system, whereby migrants can't actually buy homes and settle down, is still a huge barrier to them building lives and families here.