settle in

English

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.
  2. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see settle, in.
    the colonists settled in Montreal, she intended to settle in the practice of law

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