settle down

English

settle down (third-person singular simple present settles down, present participle settling down, simple past and past participle settled down)

To become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
It took John a while to settle down after the phone call.
To establish a settled lifestyle, and especially to marry.
- 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828:
  It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
(with "in") to get comfortable with one's new accommodation or circumstances.
I have not yet settled down in my new apartment.

to become quiet

Polish: uspokajać się (pl) impf, uspakajać się impf (proscribed), uspokoić się (pl) pf
Portuguese: acalmar-se
Romanian: a se liniști (ro)
Spanish: calmarse (es)
Ukrainian: заспоко́йтесь (zaspokójtesʹ)

to establish a settled lifestyle

to get comfortable with new circumstances

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