settled down
Finally found peace
Settled down describes transitioning from a restless or unsettled state to one of stability and routine.
Young people settle down when they establish careers, marry, or stop moving around: After years of backpacking, she finally settled down in Portland.
It also means to become calm after agitation: The crowd settled down once the music started.
To settle down with something is to get comfortable with it: He settled down with a book and a cup of tea.
- calmedMade tranquil
- resideLive in a place
- domesticityLife centered around home
- inhabitTo dwell within
- occupyFill or dwell in
set up shop · mellowed · permanence · groundedness · stability · contentment · nesting · creature comforts · white picket fence · quieted · empty nest · home · routine · family · tied the knot · marriage · nestle · planted
- Complacencytoo comfortable, going through motions, phoning it in, mailing it in, self-satisfied
settled downacted up
Behaved badly or malfunctioned
went crazy · ran wild · stirred up · flew off the handle · kicked off
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