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Meaning of settle in | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

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”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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