settle down

settle down
settle down
1. to calm down. •

Now, children, it's time to settle down and start class.

If you don't settle down, I'll send you all home.

2. to settle into a stable way of life; to get married and settle into a stable way of life. •

Tom, don't you think it's about time you settled down and stopped all of this running around?

Bill and Ann decided to settle down and start a family.

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{v.} 1. To live more quietly and sensibly; have a regular place to live and a regular job; stop acting wildly or carelessly, especially by growing up. * /John will settle down after he gets a job and gets married./ 2. To become quiet, calm, or comfortable. * /Father settled down with the newspaper./ * /The house settled down for the night after the children were put to bed./ * /The teacher told the students to settle down and study the lesson./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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