settling down
Finding permanent home
Settling down means establishing a stable, permanent life—typically by marrying, having children, or staying in one place after a period of movement or uncertainty: After years of traveling, she finally settled down in Portland.
It can also mean calming down or becoming quieter: The kids settled down after dinner.
The phrase often carries expectations about conventional adulthood: When are you going to settle down and get a real job?
- domesticityLife centered around home
- maturityFull growth achieved
- growing upDeveloping into adulthood
- getting seriousTransitioning to commitment
- cohabitationDwelling together unmarried
nesting · home · white picket fence · marriage · tying the knot · commitment · mortgage · buying a house · partnership · starting a family · routine · stability · furnishing · family planning · homeownership · contentment · quiet life · relocation
- adulthoodadulting, maturity, responsibilities, responsibility, milestones
- Adulting milestonesmortgage, marriage, parenthood, homeownership, retirement savings
- householdshousehold, nuclear family, residents, married couple, occupants
- life decisionscareer change, marriage, divorce, relocation, college choice
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- parenthoodbaby, newborn, pregnancy, birth, childbirth
settling downwandering
Traveling with no fixed course
roaming · drifting · nomadic living · uprooting · moving around
settling downsowing wild oats
adventuring · playing the field · living on the edge · thrill-seeking · gallivanting
settling downacting up
Behaving badly or failing
getting worked up · stirring up · raising hell · kicking off · going wild
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