settle in

Definitions

1. To get comfortable or established, as in a new place.
   idiomatic
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see settle, in.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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

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