take up residence
Establish a home
To take up residence is to establish a new place of living, often with connotations of permanence or formality: After the wedding, they took up residence in her family's estate.
The phrase works for both literal moves and figurative settling: A family of raccoons has taken up residence in our attic.
- abideTo tolerate or remain
- dwellInhabit a place
- liveTo exist or dwell
- domicilePermanent legal residence
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
call home · settle · move in · stay · relocate · inhabit · ensconce · make yourself at home · homestead · nesting · migrate · embed · move · community · occupy · belong · tenancy · root