settle in

present singular third person settles in · participle present settling in · participle past settled in · past settled in

1. idiomaticTo get comfortable or established, as in a new place.

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

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

   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.

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

   Synonyms: ensconce

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

   The colonists settled in Montreal.

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   She intended to settle in the practice of law.