settle in

verb — 2 senses

settle in

verb
1

Idiomatic To get comfortable or established, as in a new place.

  • I had just sat down in my favorite easy chair and settled in when the phone rang.
  • It took me several months to settle in after the move to New York.
1 more example
  • Changing trains at Hereford, I catch the West Midlands Class 170 that is waiting for me at Platform 1. Plonking myself in a table bay, I settle in to enjoy the trip on what is another quiet train - well, until Ledbury, where a couple of dozen people are waiting.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see settle, in.

  • The colonists settled in Montreal.
  • She intended to settle in the practice of law.

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